unitid 211088 · Glenside, PA · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (large)
Arcadia University
- enrollment 2023
- 3,851
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
80%
63rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,948
74th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
37th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
67%
finish within 150% time
68th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$64,645
79th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$29,466
after aid, aided students
79th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$58,336
after entry, Title IV students
65th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
89th pctl among private nonprofit 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 $23,127 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $66,802
- First-generation students
- 31%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $49,610
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 213 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 98 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 66 | $72,595 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 44 | $54,051 | $27,000 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 44 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 24 | $84,341 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 23 | — | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 23 | $57,972 | — |
| Public Health. | 20 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 18 | — | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 18 | — | — |
| Public Health. | 17 | $127,682 | — |
— 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.