- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney, PARural: fringeZIP 19319Founded 1837
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1837
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.cheyney.edu
- Member of
- AASCU
PennsylvaniaHBCUPublic
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, with 617 undergraduates. It graduates 20% within six years and costs $12,255 a year after aid.
20%graduate
Retention68%
4-year graduation14%
Pell Grant share75%
Federal loans58%
$12,255net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
20%graduate in 6 years
$43,275median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,000median debt
#1,502 of 1,704 for earnings#309 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,653 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $26,773tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $11,200
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $19,452
- Average net price
- $12,255national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$10,764
$30,001–48,000$12,432
$48,001–75,000$11,864
$75,001–110,000$13,124
$110,001+$26,023
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college68%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college20%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college75%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 20%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 68%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 24%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,288
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,275middle 50%: $24,366–$60,503
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$60,503
Median, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania$43,275
Lower quarter$24,366
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
- 617
- Part-time
- 8.3%
- Women / men
- 66% / 34%
- Average age at entry
- 21.8
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 75%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 71%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,536 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,769
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,924,019
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White0.7%
Hispanic5.5%
Black88%
Asian1.3%
Two or more races4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
8 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Biological & biomedical sciences27%
Business & management19%
Psychology18%
Social sciences15%
Communication & journalism6.9%
Education6.9%
Liberal arts & humanities4.1%
Parks, recreation & fitness2.7%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 211608. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q3445541.