Seton Hill University
Private College in Greensburg, PA. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $51,748.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $51,748 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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
An acceptance rate of 80% puts Seton Hill University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 2,911, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 36% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 510–620 | 119 (36%) |
| SAT Math | 510–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–27 | 24 (7%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Seton Hill University →Academics
A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 25% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 13:1, 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 1,562 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,056 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,143 at the $0–30k band to $27,764 at $110k+. 95% of students get grant aid averaging $28,279, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 71% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 317 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 | $15,143 |
| $30–48k | $13,436 |
| $48–75k | $17,823 |
| $75–110k | $21,993 |
| $110k+ | $27,764 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,108 of these 1,562 students, totalling $7,562,369 — an average of $6,825 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westmoreland 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)