Ursinus College
Private College in Collegeville, PA. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $73,721.
A decade after enrolling, the median Ursinus College student earns $73,721 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 73% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. 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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 92%, Ursinus College takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 3,304, typical for a school of this reach. A 13% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 23% 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 | 610–705 | 88 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 590–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 28–32 | 12 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 73% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 87% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,477 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $32,158 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,622 at the $0–30k band to $33,625 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $43,170 on average. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 405 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 | $20,622 |
| $30–48k | $24,154 |
| $48–75k | $28,815 |
| $75–110k | $31,326 |
| $110k+ | $33,625 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 976 of these 1,477 students, totalling $6,560,417 — an average of $6,722 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery 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)