University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Public College in Johnstown, PA. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $66,125.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown student earns $66,125 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Six-year completion sits at 56%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $24,250 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Admission is not the constraint here: 95% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 2,422, typical for a school of this reach. Only 18% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 49% 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 | 500–610 | 201 (49%) |
| SAT Math | 485–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–27 | 9 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 56%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four 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. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,934 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,452 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,106 while those at $110k+ pay $24,980. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $13,221. Borrowing is widespread: 58% 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 · 473 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 | $10,106 |
| $30–48k | $10,488 |
| $48–75k | $15,248 |
| $75–110k | $19,887 |
| $110k+ | $24,980 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,116 of these 1,934 students, totalling $6,810,906 — an average of $6,103 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cambria 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)