Susquehanna University
Private College in Selinsgrove, PA. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $61,723.
A decade after enrolling, the median Susquehanna University student earns $61,723 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 82% of students finish within six years. 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.
- ✓ Graduation rate 82% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
81% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 5,513 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 41% 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 | 560–660 | 250 (41%) |
| SAT Math | 540–640 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–29 | 34 (6%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Susquehanna University →Academics
A 82% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 86% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 2,241 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,113 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,444 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $19,757 at the $0–30k band to $33,866 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $45,966 on average. Most students borrow — 70% 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 · 578 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 | $19,757 |
| $30–48k | $18,493 |
| $48–75k | $21,171 |
| $75–110k | $24,190 |
| $110k+ | $33,866 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,477 of these 2,113 students, totalling $9,730,191 — an average of $6,588 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Snyder 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)