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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
6-yr Graduation
54%
+6.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
7,467
peer median 7,713
Avg net price
$21,205
+$7.1k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Use this data
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Applied
7,536
7,536 candidates competed
Admitted
6,839
90.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,258
18.4% yield
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
54%+6.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Overall completion
54%+6.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
41%
4-year graduation
41%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
54%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
54%
Full-time retention
78%
Full-time retention
78%
Pell equity
17.0pp gap
Pell recipients
43%
Non-Pell
60%
Non-Pell students graduate at a 17.0-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 93 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 66 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
93
Passing
26
28.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.1% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.1%
+0.5pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
93programs
- Passing26 · 28.0%
- No Data66 · 71.0%
- Failing1 · 1.1%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
24
No data
66
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.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$34,337
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
-2.7%
−$937
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
-2.7%
$34,337 vs $35,274
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$49,631
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+7.0%
+$3,240
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+7.0%
$49,631 vs $46,391
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$39,549
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+12.1%
+$4,275
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+12.1%
$39,549 vs $35,274
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
$59,207
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+27.6%
+$12,816
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+27.6%
$59,207 vs $46,391
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
$60,681
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+30.8%
+$14,290
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+30.8%
$60,681 vs $46,391
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$46,253
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+31.1%
+$10,979
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+31.1%
$46,253 vs $35,274
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$47,221
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+33.9%
+$11,947
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+33.9%
$47,221 vs $35,274
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
$47,530
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+34.7%
+$12,256
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+34.7%
$47,530 vs $35,274
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Program
EP gap
Status
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
-2.7%
−$937
Just failing
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$53,473
$49,631
108%
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$53,473 debt · $49,631 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$27,000
$34,337
79%
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$27,000 debt · $34,337 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$40,201
$57,834
70%
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$40,201 debt · $57,834 earn
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
$39,483
$59,207
67%
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
$39,483 debt · $59,207 earn
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$25,924
$39,549
66%
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$25,924 debt · $39,549 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$26,000
$46,253
56%
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$26,000 debt · $46,253 earn
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$26,000
$47,221
55%
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$26,000 debt · $47,221 earn
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
$26,096
$47,530
55%
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
$26,096 debt · $47,530 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Accredited since 1944Next review Jan 2026
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 7
- Jan 2020Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2019Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2018Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price
$21,205
+$7,106vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $14,099
Federal loans
62.5%
In-state tuition
$11,230
Out-of-state
$16,434
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,358 students received $13.5M in Pell grants, alongside $37.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
2,358
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$13.5M
$13,523,403 total
Direct Loans
$37.3M
6,822 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
2k’20
2k’21
2k’22
2k’23
2k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$10.3M
2,558 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$13.2M
3,323 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$5.6M
347 loan awards
Parent PLUS$8.0M
573 loan awards
Grad PLUS$201K
21 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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,422 borrowers who entered repayment, 44 (1.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
1.8%
-0.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
2,422
Defaulted
44
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
6.9%-2.4
2017
7.4%-1.8
2018
6.3%-0.7
2019
1.8%-0.5
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.
Academic programs at Kutztown
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs68
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
1,478 total completions
01Education
42829.0%
01Education
42829.0%
02Business
24516.6%
02Business
24516.6%
03Communication
16110.9%
03Communication
16110.9%
04Visual/Performing Arts
15710.6%
04Visual/Performing Arts
15710.6%
05Psychology
14810.0%
05Psychology
14810.0%
06Public Admin
785.3%
06Public Admin
785.3%
07Security/Protective
724.9%
07Security/Protective
724.9%
08Computer Sciences
714.8%
08Computer Sciences
714.8%
09Parks/Recreation
604.1%
09Parks/Recreation
604.1%
10Biological Sciences
583.9%
10Biological Sciences
583.9%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
7,467
12-mo unduplicated
8,245
Undergraduate
6,854
Graduate
1,391
Gender split
Men
40%3,286
Women
60%4,959
Race / ethnicity composition
White
71.4%
Hispanic
12.9%
Black
7.1%
Two or more
3.7%
Asian
2.1%
Unknown
1.4%
Non-resident
1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Athletes
506
230 M · 276 W
Women athletes
54.5%
Athletic aid
$1.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$9.8M
Total expenses
Men vs women · spending splits
Athletic student aid
$523K
$606K
Recruiting expense
$17K
$29K
Head-coach salaries
$108K
$104K
Men Women
Sport-by-sport · 15
Sport
Men
Women
Expenses
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
85
98
$567,206
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
85 M · 98 W
Football
105
—
$1,313,368
Football
105 M · —
Soccer
—
35
$370,180
Soccer
— · 35 W
Wrestling
34
—
$384,390
Wrestling
34 M · —
Field Hockey
—
32
$554,771
Field Hockey
— · 32 W
Lacrosse
—
30
$290,675
Lacrosse
— · 30 W
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.94
7 offenses · 7,455 students
3-year trend
0.382 yrs ago1.041 yr ago0.94Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
18
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
18
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
5
Criminal offenses by type
Rape
4
Fondling
2
Burglary
1
By location
7total
- On campus7
Includes 7 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
2
Domestic violence
2
Dating violence
4
Stalking
8 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs747
Liquor4675
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
20.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
308
Kutztown vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Kutztown selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectKutztown University of Pennsylvania | 54% | — | 7,467 | $21,205 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California State University-Monterey Bay | 59% | 97.4% | 7,713 | $14,487 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Colorado State University Global | — | 98.4% | 10,257 | $14,099 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Columbus State University | 43% | 99.1% | 7,913 | $11,889 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Eastern Illinois University | 47% | 65.3% | 8,505 | $14,093 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Empire State University | 36% | 81.1% | 10,469 | $11,147 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Georgia College & State University | 64% | 78.2% | 7,097 | $18,809 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 38% | 50.5% | 10,749 | $8,130 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 58% | 86.2% | 6,975 | $20,231 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Morehead State University | 52% | 77.2% | 8,791 | $10,089 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
North Carolina Central University | 42% | 87.0% | 8,579 | $15,028 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 45% | 92.5% | 8,523 | $13,809 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Purdue University Northwest | 43% | 72.4% | 9,051 | $8,463 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Saginaw Valley State University | 48% | 72.1% | 6,822 | $14,582 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Saint Cloud State University | 39% | 94.8% | 10,732 | $14,485 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Salisbury University | 68% | 87.5% | 7,025 | $16,456 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Sonoma State University | 58% | 93.4% | 5,891 | $13,801 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
State University of New York at New Paltz | 72% | 61.6% | 7,898 | $18,481 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
State University of New York at Oswego | 60% | 80.5% | 6,715 | $17,231 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
SUNY Brockport | 55% | 70.7% | 7,482 | $15,844 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
SUNY Buffalo State University | 33% | 72.9% | 6,188 | $14,229 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Alaska Anchorage | 28% | 66.5% | 10,493 | $13,780 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Michigan-Dearborn | 58% | 55.6% | 8,104 | $10,904 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 44% | 93.3% | 7,674 | $9,918 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Southern Indiana | 48% | 95.8% | 9,488 | $12,621 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Southern Maine | 40% | 79.2% | 7,604 | $11,729 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 61% | 89.4% | 6,389 | $14,754 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Wisconsin-Stout | 55% | 87.7% | 6,926 | $17,365 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Western Illinois University | 45% | 71.2% | 6,332 | $11,592 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 48% | 80.8% | 7,713 | $14,099 |
Frequently asked questions about Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Kutztown.
What is the graduation rate at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania reports a 6-year graduation rate of 54% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania reports a total enrollment of 7,467 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?
The average net price at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is $21,205 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
What is the yield rate at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania's yield rate is 18.4%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.
Where is Kutztown University of Pennsylvania located?
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530-0730.
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