University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Public College in Bradford, PA. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $66,125.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Pittsburgh-Bradford student earns $66,125 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Six-year completion sits at 51%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,250, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford admits 89% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 4,075 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 8%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 34% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 103 (34%) |
| SAT Math | 500–580 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–28 | 8 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 51%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 32% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. 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 980 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,830 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $9,138 at $0–30k versus $23,352 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $15,835. Most students borrow — 63% 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 · 310 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 | $9,138 |
| $30–48k | $8,265 |
| $48–75k | $17,407 |
| $75–110k | $18,875 |
| $110k+ | $23,352 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 617 of these 980 students, totalling $3,685,244 — an average of $5,973 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (McKean 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)