Valley Forge
Military College
Private Community College in Wayne, PA. Six-year graduation rate 96%. Median 10-year earnings $50,798.
Students who entered Valley Forge Military College land at a median of $50,798 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 96% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 96% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 96% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 85, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 85 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,601 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $6,398 at the $0–30k band to $15,175 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $23,597. Only 9% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 34 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 | $6,398 |
| $30–48k | $22,278 |
| $48–75k | $28,830 |
| $75–110k | $20,178 |
| $110k+ | $15,175 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 8 of these 85 students, totalling $134,000 — an average of $16,750 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware 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 (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)