York College
of Pennsylvania
Private College in York, PA. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $61,012.
A decade after enrolling, the median York College of Pennsylvania student earns $61,012 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,000, 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
74% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 7,657 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 15%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 24% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 520–640 | 194 (24%) |
| SAT Math | 500–630 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–28 | 16 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 78% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 22% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,187 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,096 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $12,927 at $0–30k versus $22,196 at $110k+. Most students get help: 92% receive grants worth $13,758 on average. 60% 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 · 804 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 | $12,927 |
| $30–48k | $14,581 |
| $48–75k | $17,024 |
| $75–110k | $17,799 |
| $110k+ | $22,196 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,922 of these 3,187 students, totalling $12,246,910 — an average of $6,372 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (York 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)