Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania operates as a public institution located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 9,210 students of which 10,876 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 93.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,090. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,699, with published in-state tuition of $11,046 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.6%. Graduates earn a median of $52,416 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,053 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 419700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 68.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.