Allegheny College
About
Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1815, Allegheny is the oldest college in continuous existence under the same name west of the Allegheny Mountains. It is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Presidents' Athletic Conference and it is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 37 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing10 · 27.0%
- No Data27 · 73.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 5
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Feb 2025Grant Substantive Change: Final Branch ApprovalMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2024Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2023Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2014Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 418 students received $2.4M in Pell grants, alongside $6.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 436 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Allegheny College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus6
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Allegheny College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Allegheny College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAllegheny College | 73% | — | 1,171 | $21,900 | Baccalaureate |
Agnes Scott College | 71% | 62.2% | 1,079 | $24,224 | Baccalaureate |
Aquinas College | 65% | 89.9% | 1,157 | $18,902 | Baccalaureate |
Austin College | 67% | 47.7% | 1,217 | $23,451 | Baccalaureate |
Ave Maria University | 47% | 41.4% | 1,423 | $23,655 | Baccalaureate |
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38% | 69.7% | 799 | $18,778 | Baccalaureate |
Bridgewater College | 53% | 91.7% | 1,448 | $20,173 | Baccalaureate |
Central College | 66% | 86.2% | 1,084 | $22,353 | Baccalaureate |
Centre College | 81% | 54.4% | 1,404 | $21,497 | Baccalaureate |
Claremont McKenna College | 91% | 9.6% | 1,393 | $27,384 | Baccalaureate |
Coe College | 66% | 64.0% | 1,195 | $19,155 | Baccalaureate |
Cornell College | 62% | 79.9% | 1,094 | $25,079 | Baccalaureate |
Dillard University | 43% | 41.9% | 1,080 | $18,553 | Baccalaureate |
Georgetown College | 49% | 91.1% | 1,345 | $13,485 | Baccalaureate |
Goucher College | 57% | 77.7% | 1,459 | $23,774 | Baccalaureate |
Guilford College | 46% | 80.0% | 1,180 | $21,200 | Baccalaureate |
Hanover College | 67% | 83.7% | 1,243 | $21,826 | Baccalaureate |
Hartwick College | 53% | 69.6% | 1,097 | $29,800 | Baccalaureate |
Hendrix College | 72% | 55.6% | 1,110 | $23,409 | Baccalaureate |
Juniata College | 74% | 78.9% | 1,321 | $27,663 | Baccalaureate |
Kalamazoo College | 76% | 75.3% | 1,166 | $18,873 | Baccalaureate |
Lane College | 18% | 48.5% | 738 | $14,494 | Baccalaureate |
Lycoming College | 60% | 74.1% | 1,012 | $19,258 | Baccalaureate |
Oakwood University | 45% | 45.2% | 1,226 | $23,384 | Baccalaureate |
Pitzer College | 83% | 25.2% | 1,242 | $31,663 | Baccalaureate |
Presbyterian College | 49% | 68.4% | 1,095 | $20,899 | Baccalaureate |
Randolph-Macon College | 70% | 86.6% | 1,687 | $27,759 | Baccalaureate |
Scripps College | 83% | 38.3% | 1,137 | $38,802 | Baccalaureate |
Washington & Jefferson College | 70% | 80.6% | 1,309 | $25,544 | Baccalaureate |
Westminster College | 65% | 92.6% | 1,191 | $20,800 | Baccalaureate |
Westmont College | 70% | 77.0% | 1,310 | $32,926 | Baccalaureate |
Whittier College | 60% | 80.8% | 795 | $29,871 | Baccalaureate |
Wittenberg University | 53% | 72.3% | 1,285 | $19,470 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 65% | 73.2% | 1,191 | $22,353 |
Allegheny College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research supports decision-making and planning at Allegheny College by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and reporting information about the College, its constituents, and its peer institutions.
Visit IR office page- Peter BradleyAssociate Provost, Institutional Effectiveness
Common Data Set (21)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data definitionData Governance – Definition of ‘Data’This document defines 'Data' in the context of Allegheny College, restricting it to information usable for institutional research, excluding faculty research data. The document lists the types of data within this scope, such as institutional activity records, financial information, interaction metrics with digital platforms, and responses to qualitative prompts. Certain data are governed by specific legal requirements, including personnel evaluations, faculty-related materials, records under HIPAA, parts of FAFSA, and crime reporting by the Clery Act.sites.allegheny.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planAllegheny College Strategic Pathway2024Allegheny College's Strategic Pathway aims to evolve and enhance the campus experience by focusing on academic excellence, a vibrant and inclusive campus, and broadened educational offerings. Supported by extensive community input and research, the plan involves five primary goals with multiple strategies to position the college for success in the 21st century. Endorsed by the Board of Trustees and supported by President Ron Cole, the strategic plan emphasizes operational excellence and financial sustainability to ensure strong student outcomes and relevance of an Allegheny education well into the future.allegheny.edu
Grants & funding (13)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityAmerican Antiquarian Society Visiting Research FellowshipsAmerican Antiquarian Societyinstitution_site
- opportunityAmerican Association of University Women Fellowships and GrantsAmerican Association of University Womeninstitution_site
- opportunityAmerican Council of Learned Societies FellowshipsAmerican Council of Learned Societiesinstitution_site
- opportunityAmerican Philosophical Society Research ProgramsAmerican Philosophical Societyinstitution_site
- opportunityBurning Man Global Art Grants ProgramBurning Maninstitution_site
- opportunityCenter for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts FellowshipsNational Gallery of Artinstitution_site
- opportunityCharles Bullard Fellowship in Forest ResearchHarvard Universityinstitution_site
- opportunityClark Fellowship ProgramClark Art Instituteinstitution_site
- opportunityFulbright Scholar ProgramCouncil for International Exchange of Scholars, U.S. State Departmentinstitution_site
- opportunityJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation FellowshipsJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundationinstitution_site
- opportunitySmithsonian Institution Fellowship ProgramSmithsonian Institutioninstitution_site
- opportunitySocial Science Research Council FellowshipsSocial Science Research Councilinstitution_site
- opportunityW.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research FellowshipsW.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Researchinstitution_site
Notable alumni of Allegheny College (14)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Beth GylysAcademia
- William B. AllisonPolitics
- Robert J. CorbettPolitics
- Aylett R. CottonPolitics
- R. Budd DwyerPolitics
- Victoria LipnicLaw
- Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.Politics
- William McKinleyPolitics
- Francis Harrison PierpontPolitics
- Raymond P. ShaferPolitics
- Ida M. TarbellJournalism
- Bradley Roland WillJournalism
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