Pennsylvania State
University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly
Public College in Lemont Furnace, PA. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $63,435.
Students who entered Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly reach a median of $63,435 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, 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
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 95% of applicants are accepted. With 728 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 13% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 580–660 | 13 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 540–590 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 18% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 415 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,112 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $9,445 at $0–30k versus $22,545 at $110k+. Most students get help: 87% receive grants worth $11,347 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 59% 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 · 117 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 | $9,445 |
| $30–48k | $8,574 |
| $48–75k | $11,644 |
| $75–110k | $13,165 |
| $110k+ | $22,545 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 244 of these 415 students, totalling $1,511,084 — an average of $6,193 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fayette 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)