Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania · Website
$62,399
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$62,399
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Elizabethtown College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania with 1,868 undergraduates and 380 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $26,598 a year (tuition and fees $37,950). It admits 78% of applicants and 76% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $62,399 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
$26,598
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$37,950
US median $11,837
Admission rate
78%
US median 78%
Completion rate
76%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$62,399
Rank 667 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
- $26,598
- Tuition and fees
- $37,950
- Cost of attendance
- $50,865
- Students with a need-based grant
- 21%
- Students with federal loans
- 65%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $17,776
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $17,113
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $20,967
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $25,064
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $31,198
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 $41,710 in 2015-16 to $37,950 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
- 78%
- Average SAT
- 1,204
- SAT reading, middle
- 595
- SAT math, middle
- 580
- ACT, middle
- 26
- Undergraduates
- 1,868
- Graduate students
- 380
- Part-time students
- 5.0%
- Women
- 59%
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Completion rate
- 76%
- Retention rate
- 84%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 96
- Endowment
- $107.2M
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 667 of 5,094 US colleges and 76 of 270 in Pennsylvania (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | PA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $26,598 | $19,970 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $37,950 | $19,182 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 78% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 76% | 66% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 84% | 78% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $17,500 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $54,833 | $42,275 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $62,399 | $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. 79% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 84% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
96 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 ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 61 | $20,500 | $66,391 | $70,047 | $71,416 |
| Behavioral SciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 58 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 38 | $26,273 | $90,611 | $108,773 | $103,485 |
| Engineering, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 35 | $26,788 | $73,003 | $88,104 | $89,359 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 30 | $26,000 | $58,707 | $73,358 | $68,257 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | $27,000 | $36,891 | $73,542 | $57,214 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | $50,725 | $54,337 | $47,382 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | $27,000 | $61,602 | $83,075 | $76,194 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $27,000 | $50,918 | Withheld | $51,389 |
| International BusinessBachelor's | Bachelor's | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $73,201 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | $27,000 | Withheld | $47,359 | $50,706 |
| MarketingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,590 |
| Computational ScienceCertificate | Certificate | 9 | $27,000 | $57,656 | Withheld | $90,951 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,378 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | $27,000 | Withheld | $63,073 | $63,293 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | $85,329 | Withheld | $58,716 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $83,343 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's | Master's | 8 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | $26,000 | $31,003 | $49,514 | $56,359 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $92,374 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Elizabethtown and Pennsylvania on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Elizabethtown College cost?
$26,598 a year is the average net price at Elizabethtown College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $37,950, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $50,865. Families earning under $30,000 pay $17,776 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Elizabethtown College?
78% of applicants are admitted to Elizabethtown College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,204 and the middle ACT score is 26. The median admission rate of colleges in Pennsylvania is 81%.
How much do Elizabethtown College graduates earn?
$62,399 a year is the median pay of former Elizabethtown College students who work, 10 years after they started ($54,833 after 6 years). That ranks 667 of 5,094 US colleges and 76 of 270 in Pennsylvania. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's) at $90,611.
How much student debt do Elizabethtown College graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Elizabethtown College graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 65% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Elizabethtown College?
76% of first-time, full-time students at Elizabethtown College finish within 6 years. 84% 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 Elizabethtown College?
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (61 master's graduates), Behavioral Sciences (58 bachelor's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (38 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 96 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.