Orleans Technical College
Private College in Philadelphia, PA. Six-year graduation rate 90%. Median 10-year earnings $38,668.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,668, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 90% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,521.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 90% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Orleans Technical College accepts 80% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 122 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 62% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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90% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 81% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 504 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 504 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,490 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $17,941 while those at $110k+ pay $26,587. 57% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,652 — common but not automatic. 51% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 162 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,941 |
| $30–48k | $19,628 |
| $48–75k | $22,757 |
| $75–110k | $23,196 |
| $110k+ | $26,587 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 256 of these 504 students, totalling $1,841,764 — an average of $7,194 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Philadelphia County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)