- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, PASuburb: largeZIP 19047Founded 1913
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1913
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.cairn.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Cairn University-Langhorne
Cairn University-Langhorne is a private nonprofit university in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, with 775 undergraduates. It admits 88% of applicants, graduates 54% within six years and costs $31,280 a year after aid.
54%graduate
Admission rate88%
Retention77%
4-year graduation32%
Pell Grant share41%
Federal loans49%
$31,280net price / year
88%admission rate
1110average SAT
54%graduate in 6 years
$49,435median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,994median debt
#1,274 of 1,704 for earnings#1,490 of 1,739 for lowest net price#890 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,123 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $49,297tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $35,069
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $35,069
- Average net price
- $31,280national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$28,406
$30,001–48,000$28,668
$48,001–75,000$26,273
$75,001–110,000$30,802
$110,001+$37,138
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 88%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1110
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 540–590
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 460–570
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college88%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college77%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college54%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college41%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 54%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 32%
- First-year retention
- 77%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 63%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,031
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,435middle 50%: $29,789–$69,107
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,994
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$69,107
Median, Cairn University-Langhorne$49,435
Lower quarter$29,789
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 775
- Part-time
- 6.7%
- Women / men
- 49% / 51%
- Average age at entry
- 22.7
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 36%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,206 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,370
- Endowment, end of year
- $14,272,849
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White67%
Hispanic3.5%
Black7.2%
Asian4.7%
Two or more races6.6%
U.S. nonresident3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown7.6%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management18%
Education14%
Theology & religious vocations12%
Visual & performing arts10%
Psychology9.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies8.6%
Computer & information sciences4.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 215114. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5017672.