10-yr median earnings
$50,660
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peirce College
Peirce College is a private nonprofit institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $50,660
- 10-yr median earnings
- $12,148
- Avg net price / yr
- 6.3%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Peirce College posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 28%
- former-student earnings, US
- 6.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +22%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Large
Carnegie: Bacc: Diverse
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Peirce College 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 ("Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields"), 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
F
College Value Score
39/100
Peirce College
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 B
$50,660
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B-
$12,148
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
6.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$31,250
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
49.3%
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
$12,148
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
6.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 6.3%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Peirce College 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 Peirce College 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.
Peirce College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$50,660 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 | Peirce College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $50,660 | #1432 of 5103 | 72nd |
| Average net price | $12,148 | #1530 of 5020 | 70th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 6.3% | #4848 of 4858 | 0th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 799 | #2399 of 5462 | 56th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
799
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
6.3%
150%-time completion
$50,660
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Peirce College ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Peirce College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $50,660 | #133 of 270 | 51st |
| Average net price | $12,148 | #32 of 264 | 88th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 6.3% | #259 of 259 | 0th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 799 | #112 of 282 | 60th |
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 |
| 133 | Peirce CollegeThis school | $50,660 | $12,148 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $15,060 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $15,060 |
| Average Net Price | $12,148 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $13,686 |
52.8%
Pell Grant Rate
62.2%
Federal Loan Rate
$31,250
Median Debt
$331/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Peirce College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $5,301 to $14,798 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -12.8%, 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
$5,301
Highest year
$14,798
Most recent (2023)
$12,905
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $14,7982023 · $12,905
Over the same years, enrollment went -55.0% (1,754 → 789 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
71.1%
Female
55.5%
First Generation
Outcomes
$41,647
Median Earnings (6yr)
70.3%
Earning Over $25K
49.3%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 6.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $41,647 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $50,660 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 70.3% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 49.3% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $31,250 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $331/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 6 | 128 | $62,909 | $74,451 | $32,540 |
| Associate's | 2 | 35 | $51,872 | $54,019 | $35,152 |
| Master's | 1 | 27 | $83,777 | $83,777 | $39,041 |
Top programs at Peirce College by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Business Administration, M…
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$83,777 median earnings
- Accounting and Related Ser…
Accounting and Related Services
$74,451 median earnings
- Legal Support Services
Legal Support Services
$66,978 median earnings
- Business Administration, M…
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$66,070 median earnings
- Computer and Information S…
Computer and Information Sciences, General
$65,881 median earnings
- Health and Medical Adminis…
Health and Medical Administrative Services
$54,019 median earnings
- Criminal Justice and Corre…
Criminal Justice and Corrections
$53,068 median earnings
- Health and Medical Adminis…
Health and Medical Administrative Services
$51,003 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's | 27 | $83,777 | $39,041 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's | 8 | $74,451 | $35,000 |
| Legal Support Services | Bachelor's | 17 | $66,978 | $33,588 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's | 37 | $66,070 | $34,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's | 15 | $65,881 | $31,687 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's | 23 | $54,019 | $31,721 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's | 21 | $53,068 | $28,645 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's | 30 | $51,003 | $32,322 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's | 12 | $49,724 | $38,583 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Peirce College? ▼
Peirce College is a private nonprofit institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 799 students.
How much do Peirce College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Peirce College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $50,660 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $41,647.
How much does Peirce College cost? ▼
The average net price at Peirce College is $12,148. In-state tuition is $15,060 and out-of-state tuition is $15,060. Median student debt at graduation is $31,250.
What is the graduation rate at Peirce College? ▼
Peirce College has a 6.3% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program).
Is Peirce College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Peirce College is $31,250, while former students earn a median of $50,660 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 62% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 49.3% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $331.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. 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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