Peirce College
Private College in Philadelphia, PA. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $50,660.
Ten years after entry, the median Peirce College student earns $50,660 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $31,250 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.62 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
50% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 50% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 790 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 789 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,290 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,378 at $0–30k, $10,610 at $75–110k. 81% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,101 — common but not automatic. 62% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 3 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 | $10,378 |
| $30–48k | $15,432 |
| $48–75k | $13,686 |
| $75–110k | $10,610 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 491 of these 789 students, totalling $5,048,955 — an average of $10,283 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)