unitid 498571 · California, PA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Pennsylvania Western University
- enrollment 2023
- 15,415
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
94%
82nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
7,451
63rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
38%
undergrads on Pell grants
67th pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
62nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,916
75th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,256
after aid, aided students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,295
after entry, Title IV students
41st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,725
83rd 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 $13,944 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
- 0-30k26%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k20%
- 110k+21%
- Median family income
- $46,425
- First-generation students
- 37%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,436
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 210 | $81,136 | $35,187 |
| Social Work. | 197 | $55,496 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 191 | $58,747 | — |
| Library Science and Administration. | 186 | $53,570 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 149 | $41,585 | $33,280 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 144 | $45,496 | $32,252 |
| Education, General. | 138 | $66,563 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 134 | $44,236 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 131 | $78,417 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 119 | $51,203 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 118 | $50,948 | $26,966 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 118 | $55,983 | $26,782 |
— 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
no years reported
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.