Wilson College
Private College in Chambersburg, PA. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $43,326.
Students who entered Wilson College land at a median of $43,326 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $26,328, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 92%, Wilson College takes nearly everyone who applies. With 925 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield sits at 22% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 13% 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 | 480–610 | 24 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 450–570 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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48% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 37% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 64% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 745 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,748 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,808 while those at $110k+ pay $26,246. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $15,750 on average. 90% 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 · 188 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 | $14,808 |
| $30–48k | $18,436 |
| $48–75k | $18,236 |
| $75–110k | $20,905 |
| $110k+ | $26,246 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 671 of these 745 students, totalling $5,097,496 — an average of $7,597 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Franklin 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)