Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology operates as a public institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 1,446 students of which 1,506 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. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is categorized as “7” 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 71.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,104, with published in-state tuition of $9,050 and a Pell grant recipient share of 43.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $9,990, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 65.2% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $54,681 ten years after enrolling, compared with $48,985 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 53000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 69.4% 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.