William Penn University
Private College in Oskaloosa, IA. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $48,936.
Students who entered William Penn University land at a median of $48,936 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $22,415 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
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 52% of applicants are offered a place. Only 1,305 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 42% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. The score bands below rest on the 21% 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 | 450–570 | 61 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 430–540 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–22 | 91 (32%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 1,409 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,740 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $20,608 at $0–30k, $25,916 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $19,811. Most students borrow — 90% 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 · 294 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 | $20,608 |
| $30–48k | $19,378 |
| $48–75k | $20,560 |
| $75–110k | $24,245 |
| $110k+ | $25,916 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,264 of these 1,409 students, totalling $8,730,585 — an average of $6,907 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mahaska 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)