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Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·marywood.edu
6-yr Graduation
72%
+2.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
2,530
peer median 3,094
Avg net price
$22,222
+$700 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

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

Applied
4,236
4,236 candidates competed
Admitted
2,566
60.6% acceptance rate
Enrolled
438
17.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
72%+2.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
49%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
72%
Full-time retention
80%

Pell equity

18.0pp gap
Pell recipients
61%
Non-Pell
79%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 18.0-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 86 Title IV programs, 22 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 63 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
86
Passing
22
25.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.2% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.2%
+0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

86programs
  • Passing22 · 25.6%
  • No Data63 · 73.3%
  • Failing1 · 1.2%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
2
Safe
19
No data
63

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.

23
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-14.4%
$50,310 vs $58,761
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+2.4%
$60,190 vs $58,761
Finance and Financial Management Services
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+10.1%
$64,701 vs $58,761
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+19.5%
$55,421 vs $46,391
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+25.1%
$73,500 vs $58,761
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+26.8%
$58,825 vs $46,391
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+27.8%
$45,088 vs $35,274
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+31.1%
$60,829 vs $46,391

Near the line (±5%)

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

1
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+2.4%
+$1,429

Debt vs earnings

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

14
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
113%
$68,718 debt · $60,829 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
102%
$51,250 debt · $50,310 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
82%
$50,122 debt · $61,536 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
73%
$94,966 debt · $130,621 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
59%
$26,389 debt · $45,088 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
55%
$26,996 debt · $49,106 earn
Interior Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
54%
$27,000 debt · $50,266 earn
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
48%
$27,000 debt · $56,476 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1921Next review Jan 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 14

Action history · 16

  1. Sep 2024Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
  2. Apr 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSYD) - PsyD Doctoral programs
  3. Jan 2024Approved for Distance Education
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  4. Nov 2023Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  5. Jan 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$19,389
$30–48k$20,321
$48–75k$18,927
$75–110k$23,640
$110k+$26,569

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

Avg net price (private)
$22,222
+$700vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $21,522
Federal loans
78.2%
In-state tuition
$39,570
Out-of-state
$39,570

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 760 students received $4.4M in Pell grants, alongside $24.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
760
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.4M
$4,395,856 total
Direct Loans
$24.3M
3,063 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$4.0M
974 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.4M
1,205 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$7.5M
466 loan awards
Parent PLUS$4.8M
254 loan awards
Grad PLUS$3.6M
164 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.

Of 728 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (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
728
Defaulted
10
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.8%
2017
3.9%
2018
2.6%
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 Marywood

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs83
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

739 total completions
01Health Professions
21929.6%
02Business
14319.4%
03Education
8711.8%
04Psychology
7710.4%
05Public Admin
709.5%
06Architecture
516.9%
07Biological Sciences
375.0%
08Visual/Performing Arts
324.3%
09Security/Protective
131.8%
10English Language
101.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
2,530
12-mo unduplicated
3,286
Undergraduate
2,023
Graduate
1,263

Gender split

Men
36%1,191
Women
64%2,095

Race / ethnicity composition

White
78.5%
Hispanic
10.3%
Black
2.6%
Asian
2.5%
Two or more
2.5%
Unknown
2.4%
Non-resident
0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
375
214 M · 161 W
Women athletes
42.9%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$1.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$12K
$8K
Head-coach salaries
$15K
$16K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
84 M · 49 W
$130K
Soccer
40 M · 22 W
$148K
Lacrosse
30 M · 22 W
$139K
Baseball
48 M ·
$69K
Basketball
17 M · 11 W
$156K
Tennis
12 M · 12 W
$44K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.10
3 offenses · 2,729 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago1.10Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
3
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
12
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
2
Rape
1

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
2
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs014
Liquor063

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.

Student-to-faculty
11.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
119

Marywood vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Marywood selected for federal comparison reporting.

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
SubjectMarywood University
72%2,530$22,222Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Carlow University
60%86.9%2,416$20,822Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Francis University
74%76.8%2,963$19,173Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Holy Family University
60%71.0%3,225$12,251Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Messiah University
75%79.0%3,373$27,686Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Arcadia University
67%80.2%3,404$25,866Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median70%79.0%3,094$21,522

Frequently asked questions about Marywood University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Marywood.

What is the graduation rate at Marywood University?

Marywood University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 72% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Marywood University?

Marywood University reports a total enrollment of 2,530 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Marywood University?

The average net price at Marywood University is $22,222 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Marywood University?

Marywood University's yield rate is 17.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Marywood University located?

Marywood University is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509-1598.

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