Thaddeus Stevens
College of Technology
Public Community College in Lancaster, PA. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $54,681.
Students who entered Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology land at a median of $54,681 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 71% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,990 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
71% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 1,456 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 65% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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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71% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 1,455, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,451 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,960 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,981 at $0–30k, $18,359 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 61% of students at an average of $11,281. Borrowing is widespread: 56% 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 · 669 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 | $10,981 |
| $30–48k | $11,230 |
| $48–75k | $13,176 |
| $75–110k | $16,504 |
| $110k+ | $18,359 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 810 of these 1,451 students, totalling $3,962,652 — an average of $4,892 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lancaster 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)