Robert Morris University
Private College in Moon Township, PA. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $62,105.
Ten-year median earnings of $62,105 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 66% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $26,950, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 2.5% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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: 90% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 6,933, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 10%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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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A 66% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 33% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,866 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,933 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $19,548 at $0–30k versus $28,842 at $110k+. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $24,436 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 54% of students.
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 · 762 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 | $19,548 |
| $30–48k | $16,857 |
| $48–75k | $20,199 |
| $75–110k | $23,230 |
| $110k+ | $28,842 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,559 of these 2,866 students, totalling $9,957,914 — an average of $6,387 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegheny 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)