University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Public College in Greensburg, PA. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $66,125.
Ten-year median earnings of $66,125 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is the weak point: 40% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $24,250, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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-Greensburg admits 95% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 2,275 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 18% 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 | 545–633 | 68 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 510–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–26 | 6 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 40% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. With 47% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,322 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,365 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,514 while those at $110k+ pay $24,751. 83% of students receive grant aid, averaging $12,753 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 57% 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 · 388 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 | $9,514 |
| $30–48k | $10,146 |
| $48–75k | $15,877 |
| $75–110k | $21,381 |
| $110k+ | $24,751 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 750 of these 1,322 students, totalling $4,725,523 — an average of $6,301 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)