10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Media, Pennsylvania
Williamson College of the Trades
Williamson College of the Trades is a private nonprofit institution in Media, Pennsylvania. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- 21.9%
- Acceptance rate
- $1,545
- Avg net price / yr
- 74.3%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Williamson College of the Trades is a very selective admit.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 21.9%
- acceptance rate
- 74.3%
- 150%-time completion
Suburb: Large
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Williamson College of the Trades 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 ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional"), 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
A
College Value Score
87/100
Williamson College of the Trades
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 N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$1,545
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B+
74.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
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
$1,545
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 - Williamson College of the Trades 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.
Quick Facts
322
Undergraduate enrollment
21.9%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
74.3%
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Williamson College of the Trades ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Williamson College of the Trades | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $1,545 | #1 of 264 | 100th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 74.3% | #73 of 259 | 72nd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 322 | #159 of 282 | 44th |
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 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 21.9% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Williamson College of the Trades
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$1,545 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$1,545 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$1,545 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Williamson College of the Trades - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $31,611 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $31,611 |
| Average Net Price | $1,545 |
66.5%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Williamson College of the Trades swings rather than trends
Across 5 reported years between 2019 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $1,012 to $6,045 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +40.4%, 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
$1,012
Highest year
$6,045
Most recent (2023)
$1,421
5 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2019 · $1,0122023 · $1,421
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2019–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 74.3% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Williamson College of the Trades? ▼
Williamson College of the Trades is a private nonprofit institution in Media, Pennsylvania. The acceptance rate is 21.9%. Undergraduate enrollment is 322 students.
How much does Williamson College of the Trades cost? ▼
The average net price at Williamson College of the Trades is $1,545. In-state tuition is $31,611 and out-of-state tuition is $31,611.
What is the graduation rate at Williamson College of the Trades? ▼
Williamson College of the Trades has a 74.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
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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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.