10-yr median earnings
$60,347
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Chester County Intermediate Unit
Chester County Intermediate Unit is a public institution in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $14,441
- Avg net price / yr
- $60,347
- 10-yr median earnings
- 74.3%
- 150%-time completion
- 58.3%
- Acceptance rate
The verdict
Chester County Intermediate Unit pairs top-quartile former-student earnings with a moderately open admit.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 15%
- former-student earnings, US
- 58.3%
- acceptance rate
- 74.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +16%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Chester County Intermediate Unit profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B-
College Value Score
65/100
Chester County Intermediate Unit
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A-
$60,347
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C+
$14,441
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B+
74.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$18,075
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment D
53.7%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$14,441
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
74.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 74.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Chester County Intermediate Unit vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Chester County Intermediate Unit ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Chester County Intermediate Unit: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$60,347 Top 15% higher than 85% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Chester County Intermediate Unit | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $60,347 | #781 of 5103 | 85th |
| Average net price | $14,441 | #1986 of 5020 | 60th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 74.3% | #1083 of 4858 | 78th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 82 | #4535 of 5462 | 17th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
82
Undergraduate enrollment
58.3%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
74.3%
150%-time completion
$60,347
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Chester County Intermediate Unit ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Chester County Intermediate Unit | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $60,347 | #86 of 270 | 68th |
| Average net price | $14,441 | #45 of 264 | 83rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 74.3% | #74 of 259 | 71st |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 82 | #225 of 282 | 20th |
Highest former-student earnings in Pennsylvania
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $138,767 | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | $114,862 | $31,944 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | $111,371 | $28,699 |
| 4 | Lehigh University | $105,584 | $36,931 |
| 5 | Villanova University | $100,423 | $43,756 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | $93,807 | $40,766 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | $91,410 | $34,433 |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | $86,881 | $29,689 |
| 9 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | $86,881 | $42,478 |
| 10 | Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | $86,138 | - |
| 11 | Drexel University | $84,648 | $38,509 |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | $80,257 | $23,149 |
| 86 | Chester County Intermediate UnitThis school | $60,347 | $14,441 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 58.3% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Chester County Intermediate Unit
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$13,992 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$13,993 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$16,457 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Chester County Intermediate Unit - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $14,441 |
59.7%
Pell Grant Rate
83.3%
Federal Loan Rate
$18,075
Median Debt
$192/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Chester County Intermediate Unit swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $14,506 to $21,829 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +5.4%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$14,506
Highest year
$21,829
Most recent (2023)
$18,912
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $17,9492023 · $18,912
Over the same years, enrollment went -45.5% (156 → 85 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
63.4%
First Generation
Outcomes
$51,810
Median Earnings (6yr)
79.3%
Earning Over $25K
53.7%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 74.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $51,810 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $60,347 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 79.3% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 53.7% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $18,075 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $192/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 49 | $66,392 | $18,075 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Chester County Intermediate Unit? ▼
Chester County Intermediate Unit is a public institution in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. The acceptance rate is 58.3%. Undergraduate enrollment is 82 students.
How much do Chester County Intermediate Unit former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Chester County Intermediate Unit who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $60,347 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $51,810.
How much does Chester County Intermediate Unit cost? ▼
The average net price at Chester County Intermediate Unit is $14,441.. Median student debt at graduation is $18,075.
What is the graduation rate at Chester County Intermediate Unit? ▼
Chester County Intermediate Unit has a 74.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Chester County Intermediate Unit worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Chester County Intermediate Unit is $18,075, while former students earn a median of $60,347 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 30% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 53.7% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $192.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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