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Arcadia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·arcadia.edu
6-yr Graduation
67%
+6.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
3,404
peer median 3,249
Avg net price
$29,466
+$6.1k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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About

Arcadia University is a private university in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Glenside mailing address. The university enrolls approximately 3,200 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. The 94-acre Glenside campus features Grey Towers Castle, a National Historic Landmark; the university also includes a campus in Christiana, Delaware, as well as several centers around the world.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
10,163
10,163 candidates competed
Admitted
8,153
80.2% acceptance rate
Enrolled
602
7.4% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
67%+6.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
59%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
67%
Full-time retention
79%

Pell equity

10.2pp gap
Pell recipients
61%122 of 201
Non-Pell (all)
71%193 of 271
Subsidized loan, no Pell
69%122 of 177
No Federal Aid
76%71 of 94

Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 94 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 68 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
94
Passing
26
27.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

94programs
  • Passing26 · 27.7%
  • No Data68 · 72.3%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
2
Watch
3
Safe
21
No data
68

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.

26
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+6.3%
$37,489 vs $35,274
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Master's Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+7.2%
$55,263 vs $51,545
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+10.8%
$39,087 vs $35,274
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+15.5%
$40,740 vs $35,274
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+15.7%
$40,802 vs $35,274
Security Science and Technology
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
+25.7%
$67,378 vs $53,607
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+27.0%
$52,358 vs $41,236
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
+32.0%
$61,242 vs $46,391

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

10
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
102%
$85,500 debt · $84,021 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
80%
$105,608 debt · $132,612 earn
Criminology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
57%
$27,000 debt · $47,772 earn
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
52%
$35,820 debt · $68,618 earn
International/Globalization Studies
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
49%
$26,108 debt · $53,307 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
49%
$27,000 debt · $55,517 earn
International Business
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
43%
$41,000 debt · $95,337 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
38%
$23,650 debt · $62,167 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1946Next review Jan 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 5

  1. Oct 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
  2. Jun 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  3. Jun 2019Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Sep 2018Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPBG) - Baccalaureate and Graduate level programs offered outside a school of public health
  5. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$23,127
$30–48k$25,388
$48–75k$25,978
$75–110k$28,654
$110k+$34,339

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$29,466
+$6,078vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $23,388
Federal loans
61.5%
In-state tuition
$49,610
Out-of-state
$49,610

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 832 students received $4.9M in Pell grants, alongside $39.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
832
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.9M
$4,856,359 total
Direct Loans
$39.4M
3,404 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$4.2M
1,014 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.4M
1,240 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$12.6M
613 loan awards
Parent PLUS$4.4M
221 loan awards
Grad PLUS$13.8M
316 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,024 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.3%
-1.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,024
Defaulted
14
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.8%
2017
3.5%
2018
3.0%
2019
1.3%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Arcadia

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs76
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

886 total completions
01Health Professions
40245.4%
02Education
11813.3%
03Psychology
849.5%
04Business
566.3%
05Biological Sciences
546.1%
06Visual/Performing Arts
515.8%
07Social Sciences
465.2%
08English Language
283.2%
09Computer Sciences
242.7%
10Communication
232.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,404
12-mo unduplicated
4,325
Undergraduate
2,251
Graduate
2,074

Gender split

Men
33%1,437
Women
67%2,888

Race / ethnicity composition

White
54.8%
Black
16.8%
Hispanic
11.7%
Non-resident
5.0%
Asian
4.1%
Unknown
3.7%
Two or more
3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
559
309 M · 250 W
Women athletes
44.7%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$5.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$34K
$33K
Head-coach salaries
$47K
$48K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
63 M · 82 W
$293K
Soccer
39 M · 37 W
$372K
Lacrosse
53 M · 20 W
$409K
Ice Hockey
32 M · 28 W
$619K
Baseball
41 M · —
$270K
Basketball
20 M · 16 W
$367K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.86
9 offenses · 3,142 students

3-year trend

2.942 yrs ago1.981 yr ago2.86Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
24
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
7
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
3
Fondling
3
Motor vehicle theft
3

By location

9total
  • On campus9

Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs027
Liquor059

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
10.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
141

Arcadia vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Arcadia selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectArcadia University
67%—3,404$29,466Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Ashland University
60%76.4%4,106$21,988Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Augsburg University
52%82.0%3,249$23,873Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Baldwin Wallace University
67%75.7%3,305$27,603Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Benedictine University
50%95.2%2,917$22,313Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Champlain College
65%82.9%3,259$35,860Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Dominican University
55%90.3%3,803$11,745Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
66%95.2%2,885$22,829Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Faulkner University
38%73.1%3,086$22,085Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Fresno Pacific University
50%64.1%2,879$13,630Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
34%87.4%3,650$15,376Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Le Moyne College
73%83.0%3,091$22,277Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Life University
38%93.0%2,714$29,791Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Lindsey Wilson College
43%—4,193$15,070Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Maharishi International University
50%95.7%2,592$14,956Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Marywood University
72%60.6%2,530$23,388Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Messiah University
75%79.0%3,373$26,502Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
New England College
35%92.1%3,275$26,972Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Olivet Nazarene University
61%55.9%3,339$20,729Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Regis College
71%69.8%2,517$27,477Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rhode Island School of Design
89%18.7%2,520$50,507Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rollins College
75%47.5%3,046$34,732Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Edward's University
63%81.4%3,033$25,578Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Mary's College of California
70%86.5%2,734$30,378Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Peter's University
58%90.3%3,572$12,199Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Xavier University
57%84.3%3,485$10,970Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Salve Regina University
77%68.2%2,791$36,967Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
St. Mary's University
59%97.8%3,456$21,145Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Stevenson University
68%78.9%3,684$26,505Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Redlands
67%82.7%3,087$30,031Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Upper Iowa University
33%96.5%3,941$20,942Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median61%82.7%3,249$23,388

Institutions like Arcadia

Explore the federal data for institutions in Arcadia's comparison group.

IPEDS

Arcadia Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Email
ire [at] arcadia.edu
Phone
267-620-4834
Address
16 Forsythe Ave

The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness has the primary institutional responsibility for the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative information for Arcadia University, its students, its faculty, its programs, its public, its practices and its services.

Visit IR office page
Team
2 members
  • Bridget M Miller, Ed.D.
    Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Effectiveness
  • Kristen Ives
    Associate Director, Institutional Reporting & Decision Analytics

Common Data Set

Arcadia's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Reports & documents (4)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Frequently asked questions about Arcadia University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Arcadia.

What is the graduation rate at Arcadia University?

Arcadia University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 67% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Arcadia University?

Arcadia University reports a total enrollment of 3,404 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Arcadia University?

The average net price at Arcadia University is $29,466 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Arcadia University?

Arcadia University's yield rate is 7.4%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Arcadia University located?

Arcadia University is located in Glenside, Pennsylvania 19038-3295.

Who runs Institutional Research at Arcadia University?

Arcadia University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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