10-yr median earnings
$73,721
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Ursinus College is a private nonprofit institution in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $73,721
- 10-yr median earnings
- 91.8%
- Acceptance rate
- $30,536
- Avg net price / yr
- 75.0%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Ursinus College pairs top-10% former-student earnings with open admission.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 6%
- former-student earnings, US
- 91.8%
- acceptance rate
- 75.0%
- 150%-time completion
- +35%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Carnegie: Bacc: A&S
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Ursinus 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: Arts & Sciences Focus"), 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
C+
College Value Score
60/100
Ursinus 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 A+
$73,721
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$30,536
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B+
75.0%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$27,000
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment A+
86.6%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention B+
86.9%
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
$30,536
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
75.0%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 75.0%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Ursinus 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 Ursinus 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.
Ursinus College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$73,721 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 | Ursinus College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $73,721 | #297 of 5103 | 94th |
| Average net price | $30,536 | #4528 of 5020 | 10th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 75.0% | #1038 of 4858 | 79th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,491 | #1763 of 5462 | 68th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
1,491
Undergraduate enrollment
91.8%
Acceptance rate
1,310
SAT average
75.0%
150%-time completion
$73,721
10-yr median earnings
86.9%
First-year retention
How Ursinus College ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Ursinus College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $73,721 | #24 of 270 | 91st |
| Average net price | $30,536 | #238 of 264 | 10th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 75.0% | #71 of 259 | 73rd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,491 | #78 of 282 | 72nd |
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 |
| 24 | Ursinus CollegeThis school | $73,721 | $30,536 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 91.8% |
| SAT Average | 1,310 |
| SAT Math (25th-75th) | 590 – 680 |
| SAT Reading (25th-75th) | 610 – 705 |
| ACT Average | 30 |
| ACT (25th-75th) | 28 – 32 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Ursinus College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$20,622 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$24,154 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$28,815 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$33,625 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Ursinus College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $61,210 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $61,210 |
| Average Net Price | $30,536 |
20.1%
Pell Grant Rate
65.4%
Federal Loan Rate
$27,000
Median Debt
$286/mo
Monthly Payment
2013–2023: what Ursinus College costs has stayed close to flat
Average net price moved +6.7% over 10 years, from $28,575 to $30,485 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $28,5752023 · $30,485
Over the same years, enrollment went -6.4% (1,578 → 1,477 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
53.3%
Female
18.8%
First Generation
Outcomes
86.9%
Retention Rate
$54,542
Median Earnings (6yr)
68.8%
Earning Over $25K
86.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 75.0% |
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 86.9% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $54,542 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $73,721 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 68.8% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 86.6% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $27,000 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $286/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Top programs at Ursinus College by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Mathematics
Mathematics
$82,419 median earnings
- Economics
Economics
$75,573 median earnings
- Communication and Media St…
Communication and Media Studies
$61,017 median earnings
- Physiology, Pathology and …
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
$59,415 median earnings
- Biology, General
Biology, General
$58,659 median earnings
- Natural Resources Conserva…
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
$56,633 median earnings
- English Language and Liter…
English Language and Literature, General
$56,454 median earnings
- Psychology, General
Psychology, General
$51,443 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | Bachelor's | 7 | $82,419 | - |
| Economics | Bachelor's | 46 | $75,573 | $27,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's | 39 | $61,017 | $27,000 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's | 30 | $59,415 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's | 43 | $58,659 | $27,000 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's | 9 | $56,633 | - |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's | 14 | $56,454 | - |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's | 24 | $51,443 | $27,000 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's | 12 | - | - |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's | 5 | - | - |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's | 17 | - | - |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's | 14 | - | $27,000 |
| History | Bachelor's | 7 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Ursinus College? ▼
Ursinus College is a private nonprofit institution in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The acceptance rate is 91.8%. The average SAT score is 1,310. Undergraduate enrollment is 1,491 students.
How much do Ursinus College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Ursinus College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $73,721 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $54,542.
How much does Ursinus College cost? ▼
The average net price at Ursinus College is $30,536. In-state tuition is $61,210 and out-of-state tuition is $61,210. Median student debt at graduation is $27,000.
What is the graduation rate at Ursinus College? ▼
Ursinus College has a 75.0% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 86.9%.
Is Ursinus College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Ursinus College is $27,000, while former students earn a median of $73,721 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 37% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 86.6% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $286.
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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