Thiel College
Private College in Greenville, PA. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $49,714.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $49,714 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 49%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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 72% puts Thiel College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,903 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 11% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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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Completion is middling: 49% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 34% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 12:1, 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 777 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,545 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $17,247 while those at $110k+ pay $26,400. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $29,459 on average. Most students borrow — 83% 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 · 219 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 | $17,247 |
| $30–48k | $20,947 |
| $48–75k | $20,038 |
| $75–110k | $23,683 |
| $110k+ | $26,400 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 645 of these 777 students, totalling $4,255,807 — an average of $6,598 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mercer County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)