- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PATown: fringeZIP 17325Founded 1832
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1832
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.gettysburg.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College is a private nonprofit college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with 2,099 undergraduates. It admits 39% of applicants, graduates 79% within six years and costs $33,015 a year after aid.
79%graduate
Admission rate39%
Retention91%
4-year graduation74%
Pell Grant share23%
Federal loans56%
$33,015net price / year
39%admission rate
1379average SAT
79%graduate in 6 years
$80,119median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,500median debt
#206 of 1,704 for earnings#1,548 of 1,739 for lowest net price#205 of 1,738 for graduation rate#151 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
- $86,450tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,970
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,970
- Average net price
- $33,015national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,752
$30,001–48,000$14,662
$48,001–75,000$21,037
$75,001–110,000$32,570
$110,001+$45,715
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 39%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1379
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 640–720
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 630–740
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 29–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college39%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college91%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college79%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college23%
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
- 74%
- First-year retention
- 91%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 83%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,961
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $80,119middle 50%: $55,566–$121,765
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$121,765
Median, Gettysburg College$80,119
Lower quarter$55,566
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
- 2,099
- Part-time
- 0.3%
- Women / men
- 49% / 51%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- 14%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 81%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,433 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $15,097
- Endowment, end of year
- $425,385,470
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White62%
Hispanic11%
Black4.9%
Asian2.4%
Two or more races3.0%
U.S. nonresident14%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown2.8%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences21%
Biological & biomedical sciences15%
Business & management14%
Psychology9.8%
History8.7%
Visual & performing arts5.4%
Natural resources & conservation4.9%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies4.7%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 212674. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1520129.