Westminster College
Private College in New Wilmington, PA. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $53,861.
Ten years after entry, the median Westminster College student earns $53,861 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 65%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,060, 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
With an acceptance rate of 93%, Westminster College takes nearly everyone who applies. 2,392 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 65%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 1,052 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,394 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $15,226 while those at $110k+ pay $23,964. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $31,914. Most students borrow — 74% 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 | $15,226 |
| $30–48k | $15,101 |
| $48–75k | $17,687 |
| $75–110k | $19,595 |
| $110k+ | $23,964 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 774 of these 1,052 students, totalling $5,075,374 — an average of $6,557 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lawrence 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)