Arcadia University
Glenside, Pennsylvania · Also known as Beaver College · Website
$58,336
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$58,336
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Arcadia University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Glenside, Pennsylvania with 1,948 undergraduates and 1,374 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $29,466 a year (tuition and fees $49,610). It admits 80% of applicants and 67% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $58,336 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$29,466
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$49,610
US median $11,837
Admission rate
80%
US median 78%
Completion rate
67%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$58,336
Rank 889 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $29,466
- Tuition and fees
- $49,610
- Cost of attendance
- $64,645
- Students with a need-based grant
- 28%
- Students with federal loans
- 61%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $23,127
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $25,388
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $25,978
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $28,654
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $34,339
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $39,560 in 2015-16 to $49,610 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 80%
- Average SAT
- 1,190
- SAT reading, middle
- 600
- SAT math, middle
- 580
- ACT, middle
- 25
- Undergraduates
- 1,948
- Graduate students
- 1,374
- Part-time students
- 6.8%
- Women
- 63%
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Completion rate
- 67%
- Retention rate
- 79%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 82
- Endowment
- $66.1M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 889 of 5,094 US colleges and 95 of 270 in Pennsylvania (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | PA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $29,466 | $19,970 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $49,610 | $19,182 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 80% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 67% | 66% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 79% | 78% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $17,500 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $44,004 | $42,275 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $58,336 | $49,700 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 68% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 72% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
82 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsProfessional | Professional | 213 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 98 | $105,774 | $115,462 | $132,612 | $127,347 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 66 | $27,000 | $40,110 | $73,377 | $57,214 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 44 | $27,000 | $29,772 | $55,517 | $50,706 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 44 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesMaster's | Master's | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | $52,358 | $55,035 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's | Master's | 23 | $33,223 | $54,496 | $62,167 | $59,916 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's | Master's | 23 | $35,750 | $50,655 | $68,618 | $65,184 |
| Public HealthBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $58,808 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 18 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $86,176 |
| Public HealthMaster's | Master's | 17 | Withheld | Withheld | $116,631 | $82,751 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $68,257 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $47,382 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's | Master's | 16 | Withheld | $60,164 | $61,242 | $63,707 |
| Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $51,490 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | $27,000 | $17,203 | $39,087 | $39,775 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | $26,975 | $22,389 | $37,489 | $41,367 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $26,358 | $50,672 | $86,116 | $92,374 |
| Security Science and TechnologyMaster's | Master's | 15 | Withheld | $56,398 | $67,378 | $82,399 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,293 |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 14 | $27,000 | $27,061 | $40,740 | $56,359 |
| CriminologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 14 | $25,000 | $33,823 | $47,772 | $55,556 |
| Special Education and TeachingMaster's | Master's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | $69,227 | $64,397 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 13 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Glenside and Pennsylvania on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Arcadia University cost?
$29,466 a year is the average net price at Arcadia University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $49,610, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $64,645. Families earning under $30,000 pay $23,127 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Arcadia University?
80% of applicants are admitted to Arcadia University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,190 and the middle ACT score is 25. The median admission rate of colleges in Pennsylvania is 81%.
How much do Arcadia University graduates earn?
$58,336 a year is the median pay of former Arcadia University students who work, 10 years after they started ($44,004 after 6 years). That ranks 889 of 5,094 US colleges and 95 of 270 in Pennsylvania. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's) at $115,462.
How much student debt do Arcadia University graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Arcadia University graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 61% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Arcadia University?
67% of first-time, full-time students at Arcadia University finish within 6 years. 79% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Arcadia University?
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (213 professional graduates), Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (98 master's graduates), Biology, General (66 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 82 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.