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Cairn University - Langhorne

Langhorne, Pennsylvania·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·cairn.edu
6-yr Graduation
60%
—
Total enrollment
1,097
peer median 1,442
Avg net price
$27,642
+$3.0k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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About

Cairn University is a private Christian university in Langhorne Manor and Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1913, the university has six schools and departments: Business, Counseling, Divinity, Education, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Music. All students take a minimum of 30 semester hours of Bible classes.

Admissions & acceptance rate

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

IPEDS
Applied
575
575 candidates competed
Admitted
507
88.2% acceptance rate
Enrolled
229
45.2% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
60%
4-year graduation
34%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
60%
Full-time retention
77%

Pell equity

6.9pp gap
Pell recipients
55%33 of 60
Non-Pell (all)
62%78 of 126
Subsidized loan, no Pell
56%28 of 50
No Federal Aid
66%50 of 76

Non-Pell students graduate at a 6.9-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 60 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 55 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
60
Passing
5
8.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

60programs
  • Passing5 · 8.3%
  • No Data55 · 91.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
4
No data
55

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.

5
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+2.9%
$36,295 vs $35,274
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+29.6%
$45,729 vs $35,274
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries
Bachelor Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
+35.5%
$47,805 vs $35,274
Religion/Religious Studies
Bachelor Degree · Philosophy And Religious Studies
+57.3%
$55,492 vs $35,274
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+75.7%
$61,973 vs $35,274

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+2.9%
+$1,021

Debt vs earnings

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

5
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
83%
$30,000 debt · $36,295 earn
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
59%
$27,000 debt · $45,729 earn
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries
Bachelor Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
57%
$27,000 debt · $47,805 earn
Religion/Religious Studies
Bachelor Degree · Philosophy And Religious Studies
54%
$30,070 debt · $55,492 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
42%
$26,250 debt · $61,973 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 1967Next review Jan 2032
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation

Accredited since 1950Next review Dec 2016

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 2

  1. Jun 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or 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$24,029
$30–48k$23,867
$48–75k$26,050
$75–110k$26,309
$110k+$33,129

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

Avg net price (private)
$27,642
+$2,967vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $24,676
Federal loans
53.1%
In-state tuition
$34,009
Out-of-state
$34,009

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, 366 students received $2.0M in Pell grants, alongside $4.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
366
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.0M
$1,978,677 total
Direct Loans
$4.3M
829 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.4M
344 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.2M
363 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$729K
66 loan awards
Parent PLUS$909K
54 loan awards
Grad PLUS$18K
2 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 236 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.1%
-0.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
236
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
7.5%
2017
8.1%
2018
6.5%
2019
2.1%
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 Cairn University-Langhorne

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs52
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

264 total completions
01Business
5621.2%
02Education
5320.1%
03Theology
4617.4%
04Psychology
4215.9%
05Visual/Performing Arts
197.2%
06Multi/Interdisciplinary
186.8%
07Computer Sciences
83.0%
08Biological Sciences
83.0%
09Parks/Recreation
83.0%
10Social Sciences
62.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
1,097
12-mo unduplicated
2,125
Undergraduate
1,816
Graduate
309

Gender split

Men
47%1,001
Women
53%1,124

Race / ethnicity composition

White
66.6%
Unknown
7.6%
Black
7.2%
Two or more
6.6%
Asian
4.7%
Non-resident
3.7%
Hispanic
3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

EADA
Athletes
207
143 M · 64 W
Women athletes
30.9%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$886K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$4K
$4K
Head-coach salaries
$11K
$11K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Soccer
39 M · 22 W
$95K
Baseball
44 M · —
$157K
Volleyball
12 M · 17 W
$79K
Basketball
18 M · 9 W
$111K
Cross Country
11 M · 9 W
$51K
Lacrosse
16 M · —
$35K

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
1.89
2 offenses · 1,056 students

3-year trend

0.902 yrs ago1.941 yr ago1.89Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
5
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
2

By location

2total
  • On campus2

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
2
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs02
Liquor00

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
11.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
40

Cairn University-Langhorne vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Cairn University-Langhorne 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
SubjectCairn University-Langhorne
60%—1,097$27,642Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Cedarville University
73%65.3%6,318$24,468Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Chestnut Hill College
49%74.5%1,288$27,970Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Clarks Summit University
53%90.1%—$21,873Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Corban University
61%93.9%1,029$28,035Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Eastern University
60%90.8%8,727$26,662Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Gordon College
69%69.2%1,595$24,883Baccalaureate
Grace College and Theological Seminary
69%82.1%2,304$19,932Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Lancaster Bible College
68%55.9%2,519$25,480Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Multnomah University
51%49.8%—$23,866Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Roberts Wesleyan University
67%70.6%1,960$23,130Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rosemont College
54%76.3%781$20,150Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Trinity International University-Illinois
46%100.0%869$2,835Doctoral/Professional
University of Valley Forge
49%61.2%589$32,265Baccalaureate
Peer group median60%74.5%1,442$24,676

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Explore the federal data for institutions in Cairn University-Langhorne's comparison group.

IPEDS

Cairn University-Langhorne Institutional Research office

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

Office
Institutional Research
Phone
215.702.4337
Address
200 Manor Avenue, Langhorne, PA 19047

Cairn University’s Institutional Research resources are provided to advance institutional and educational effectiveness.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Rick Houseknecht
    Research and Analytics Specialist

Reports & documents (1)

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

Frequently asked questions about Cairn University-Langhorne

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Cairn University-Langhorne.

What is the graduation rate at Cairn University-Langhorne?

Cairn University-Langhorne reports a 6-year graduation rate of 60% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Cairn University-Langhorne?

Cairn University-Langhorne reports a total enrollment of 1,097 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Cairn University-Langhorne?

The average net price at Cairn University-Langhorne is $27,642 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Cairn University-Langhorne?

Cairn University-Langhorne's yield rate is 45.2%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Cairn University-Langhorne located?

Cairn University-Langhorne is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047-2990.

Who runs Institutional Research at Cairn University-Langhorne?

Cairn University-Langhorne's IR work is done by the Institutional Research.

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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