- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Peirce College
Philadelphia, PACity: largeZIP 19103Founded 1865
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1865
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.peirce.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Peirce College
Peirce College is a private nonprofit college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 799 undergraduates. It graduates 26% within six years.
26%graduate
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share64%
Federal loans72%
—net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
26%graduate in 6 years
$51,149median earnings, 10 yrs
$31,231median debt
#1,214 of 1,704 for earnings#1,596 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
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,060
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,060
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
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
Graduation · this college26%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college64%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 26%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- —
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 28%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $49,776
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $51,149middle 50%: $31,968–$72,612
- Median debt at graduation
- $31,231
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$72,612
Median, Peirce College$51,149
Lower quarter$31,968
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
- 799
- Part-time
- 83%
- Women / men
- 76% / 24%
- Average age at entry
- 31.4
- First-generation students
- 56%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 64%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,911 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,797
- Endowment, end of year
- $3,898,887
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White22%
Hispanic13%
Black51%
Asian3.1%
Two or more races1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Unknown9.3%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management33%
Liberal arts & humanities25%
Health professions21%
Computer & information sciences8.9%
Legal professions6.6%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting4.0%
Public administration & social service1.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 214883. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7160940.