About
Grove City College (GCC) is a private, conservative Christian liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1876 as a normal school, the college emphasizes a humanities core curriculum and offers 60 majors and six pre-professional programs with undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, business, education, engineering, and music. The college has always been formally non-denominational, but in its first few decades its students and faculty were dominated by members of the Presbyterian Church, to the extent that it was sometimes described as having a de facto Presbyterian affiliation; in more recent decades, it and the Presbyterian Church have moved apart.
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.
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, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 37 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data37 · 100.0%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 4
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Aug 2020Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Aug 2020Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2018Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Academic programs at Grove City 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
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Grove City College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Grove City 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGrove City College | 83% | — | 2,383 | — | Baccalaureate |
Keystone College | 35% | 84.8% | 952 | $21,461 | Baccalaureate |
Mount Aloysius College | 52% | 82.1% | 2,955 | $20,748 | Baccalaureate |
Peirce College | 50% | — | 929 | $12,905 | Baccalaureate |
Thiel College | 48% | 71.5% | 950 | $22,746 | Baccalaureate |
University of Valley Forge | 49% | 61.2% | 589 | $27,499 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 50% | 76.8% | 951 | $21,461 |
Grove City College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page contains various links and information about Grove City College, including contacts, campus visits, admissions, academics, and events. It provides a generic contact email and phone number for the college and outlines various academic programs and campus life offerings.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Grove City College (30)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- James G. Arner
- David M. BaileyMusic
- Don Batchelor
- Gary BlackwoodLiterature
- Peter BoettkeEconomics
- R. J. BowersAthletics
- Edward D. BreenBusiness
- Sam BrownAthletics
- Scott Bullock
- Janice Coen
- Jill CooperPolitics
- Leasure K. Darbaker
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