- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PACity: midsizeZIP 18104Founded 1867
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1867
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.cedarcrest.edu
- Member of
- WCC
PennsylvaniaWomen's collegePrivate nonprofit
Cedar Crest College
Cedar Crest College is a private nonprofit college in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with 834 undergraduates. It admits 84% of applicants, graduates 60% within six years and costs $23,513 a year after aid.
60%graduate
Admission rate84%
Retention71%
4-year graduation48%
Pell Grant share46%
Federal loans67%
$23,513net price / year
84%admission rate
—average SAT
60%graduate in 6 years
$61,250median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#721 of 1,704 for earnings#1,130 of 1,739 for lowest net price#657 of 1,738 for graduation rate#988 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
- $60,971tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $47,714
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $47,714
- Average net price
- $23,513national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$20,523
$30,001–48,000$21,588
$48,001–75,000$18,054
$75,001–110,000$24,668
$110,001+$29,438
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 84%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college84%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college71%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college60%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college46%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 60%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 48%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 54%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,110
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $61,250middle 50%: $41,199–$84,910
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$84,910
Median, Cedar Crest College$61,250
Lower quarter$41,199
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
- 834
- Part-time
- 20%
- Women / men
- 92% / 8.5%
- Average age at entry
- 25.1
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 48%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,285 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,600
- Endowment, end of year
- $44,484,462
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic18%
Black10%
Asian3.6%
Two or more races1.9%
U.S. nonresident6.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown12%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions32%
Public administration & social service11%
Psychology7.8%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting7.8%
Business & management7.8%
Education7.0%
Social sciences5.7%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 211468. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5056666.