Pennsylvania State
University-Penn State Schuylkill
Public College in Schuylkill Haven, PA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $63,435.
A decade after enrolling, the median Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill student earns $63,435 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate is 32% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. 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
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 97%, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill takes nearly everyone who applies. With 864 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 20% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 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 | 520–630 | 21 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 500–600 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 2 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 32% graduate within six years. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 26% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 617 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,039 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $14,657 at the $0–30k band to $26,293 at $110k+. About 83% get grants averaging $11,983, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 65% 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 · 156 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 | $14,657 |
| $30–48k | $14,543 |
| $48–75k | $18,556 |
| $75–110k | $23,004 |
| $110k+ | $26,293 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 404 of these 617 students, totalling $2,571,700 — an average of $6,366 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Schuylkill 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)