unitid 165820 · Fitchburg, MA · public 4-year · suburb (midsize)
Fitchburg State University
- enrollment 2023
- 9,922
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
59th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,752
33rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
33%
undergrads on Pell grants
53rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
70th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,555
68th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,262
after aid, aided students
61st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,874
after entry, Title IV students
59th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,239
85th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,204 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k23%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k19%
- 110k+27%
- Median family income
- $56,249
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,346
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 342 | $102,691 | — |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 202 | $77,836 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 150 | $88,660 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 97 | $62,928 | $26,983 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 97 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 89 | — | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 74 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 74 | $69,942 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 64 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 58 | $61,088 | $26,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 42 | $47,387 | $26,125 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 38 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.