Pennsylvania Institute
of Technology
Private College in Media, PA. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $35,703.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,703 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 21% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,500, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 21% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 50% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 661 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,980 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $18,159 at $0–30k against $15,109 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $7,174, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 93% take federal loans.
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 · 79 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 | $18,159 |
| $30–48k | $16,247 |
| $48–75k | $15,109 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 614 of these 661 students, totalling $4,055,174 — an average of $6,605 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware 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)