- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PACity: smallZIP 17604Founded 1787
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1787
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.fandm.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Franklin and Marshall College
Franklin and Marshall College is a private nonprofit college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with 1,799 undergraduates. It admits 28% of applicants, graduates 79% within six years and costs $33,445 a year after aid.
79%graduate
Admission rate28%
Retention90%
4-year graduation72%
Pell Grant share17%
Federal loans69%
$33,445net price / year
28%admission rate
1392average SAT
79%graduate in 6 years
$81,484median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,758median debt
#187 of 1,704 for earnings#1,553 of 1,739 for lowest net price#199 of 1,738 for graduation rate#101 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
- $88,838tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $73,210
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $73,210
- Average net price
- $33,445national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$20,059
$30,001–48,000$16,521
$48,001–75,000$14,636
$75,001–110,000$19,911
$110,001+$48,580
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 28%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1392
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 660–730
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 650–733
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 30–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college28%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college79%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college17%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 79%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 72%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 86%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $65,135
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $81,484middle 50%: $57,247–$117,045
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,758
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$117,045
Median, Franklin and Marshall College$81,484
Lower quarter$57,247
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
- 1,799
- Part-time
- 0.3%
- Women / men
- 51% / 49%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 20%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 79%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,293 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $20,636
- Endowment, end of year
- $467,642,341
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White59%
Hispanic9.2%
Black4.8%
Asian5.5%
Two or more races3.6%
U.S. nonresident17%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown0.7%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Multi/interdisciplinary studies26%
Biological & biomedical sciences15%
Social sciences14%
Business & management14%
Physical sciences6.0%
Computer & information sciences4.2%
Health professions4.0%
Mathematics & statistics3.8%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 212577. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q664881.