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Private Community College

Williamson College
of the Trades

Private Community College in Media, PA. Six-year graduation rate 83%.

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Williamson College of the Trades · Campus
Graduation rate
82.7%
Green Flags
  • Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
22%
Applicants
640
Yield rate
80.7%

This is a highly selective admit: 22% of applicants receive an offer. The applicant pool is small at 640, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 81% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.

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

Academics

Full-time retention
81%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
12:1

A 83% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 81%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 313 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$1,545
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
100%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 313 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $1,545 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $1,545 at $0–30k, $1,545 at $75–110k. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $35,718 on average.

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.

% receiving grants
100%
Average grant
$35,718

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 120 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 $1,545
$30–48k $1,545
$48–75k $1,545
$75–110k $1,545
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Delaware County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,397/mo
1 bedroom
$1,520/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,810/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

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How we evaluate Williamson College of the Trades

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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