- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PASuburb: largeZIP 17022Founded 1899
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1899
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.etown.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College is a private nonprofit college in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, with 1,868 undergraduates. It admits 78% of applicants, graduates 82% within six years and costs $25,682 a year after aid.
82%graduate
Admission rate78%
Retention84%
4-year graduation77%
Pell Grant share27%
Federal loans66%
$25,682net price / year
78%admission rate
1204average SAT
82%graduate in 6 years
$66,572median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#501 of 1,704 for earnings#1,267 of 1,739 for lowest net price#163 of 1,738 for graduation rate#801 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
- $52,061tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,370
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,370
- Average net price
- $25,682national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$16,945
$30,001–48,000$21,164
$48,001–75,000$16,941
$75,001–110,000$22,555
$110,001+$30,604
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 78%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1204
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 560–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 545–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 26–31
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college78%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college82%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college27%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 82%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 77%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 75%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,108
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,572middle 50%: $48,254–$89,173
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$89,173
Median, Elizabethtown College$66,572
Lower quarter$48,254
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
- 1,868
- Part-time
- 5.0%
- Women / men
- 58% / 42%
- Average age at entry
- 22.6
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 27%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 48%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,109 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,151
- Endowment, end of year
- $107,239,621
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White83%
Hispanic6.5%
Black2.8%
Asian2.2%
Two or more races2.5%
U.S. nonresident1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.8%
21 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management20%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies13%
Education11%
Biological & biomedical sciences10%
Engineering8.6%
Psychology4.2%
Health professions4.2%
Public administration & social service4.0%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 212197. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5363873.