Peirce College
About
Peirce College was a private college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It focused on adult education. It was announced in August 2024 that the school would be acquired by Lackawanna College with the merger being completed by mid-2026.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 13.0-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
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.
Of 47 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 38 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing9 · 19.1%
- No Data38 · 80.9%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 6
- Apr 2025Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2022Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Mar 2022Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2020Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jan 2019Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 643 students received $2.8M in Pell grants, alongside $9.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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 709 borrowers who entered repayment, 22 (3.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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 Peirce 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
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property2
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Peirce College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Peirce 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPeirce College | 10% | — | 929 | $12,148 | Baccalaureate |
| 51% | 76.3% | 1,380 | $20,024 | Baccalaureate | |
| 67% | 80.2% | 3,404 | $29,466 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 52% | 82.0% | 3,249 | $23,873 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 73% | 62.7% | 2,570 | $22,736 | Baccalaureate | |
Birmingham-Southern College | 64% | 51.9% | — | $23,351 | Baccalaureate |
| 38% | 69.7% | 799 | $28,014 | Baccalaureate | |
| 53% | 91.7% | 1,448 | $17,800 | Baccalaureate | |
| 70% | 75.7% | 3,351 | $30,109 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 66% | 72.4% | 2,451 | $17,940 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 56% | 55.7% | 712 | $23,624 | Baccalaureate | |
| 54% | 80.1% | 972 | $27,431 | Baccalaureate | |
| 77% | 91.5% | 1,429 | $26,640 | Baccalaureate | |
| 56% | 93.2% | 2,199 | $28,278 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 68% | 75.9% | 21,210 | $30,902 | R2 Research | |
| 78% | 83.5% | 1,900 | $35,333 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 60% | 90.8% | 8,727 | $26,662 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 23% | 57.9% | 12,770 | $18,725 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 68% | 75.7% | 1,983 | $26,706 | Baccalaureate | |
| 50% | 64.1% | 2,879 | $13,630 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 67% | 74.2% | 4,189 | $22,553 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 54% | 78.8% | 2,013 | $19,285 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| — | — | 3,098 | $8,732 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 60% | 87.6% | 2,565 | $20,744 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 69% | 68.1% | 10,685 | $34,176 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 75% | 54.9% | 8,834 | $18,425 | R2 Research | |
| 56% | 86.9% | 3,958 | $29,188 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 77% | 63.9% | 1,417 | $23,401 | Baccalaureate | |
| 73% | 83.0% | 3,091 | $22,277 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 47% | 62.6% | 6,081 | $20,406 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 55% | 86.2% | 16,689 | $33,062 | R2 Research | |
| 66% | 95.1% | 9,261 | $22,066 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 70% | 68.9% | 9,196 | $23,847 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 70.0% | 5,862 | $37,927 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 43% | 90.0% | 683 | $28,882 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 72% | 89.0% | 4,767 | $30,988 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 60% | 74.4% | 3,149 | $22,257 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 63% | 73.2% | 20,910 | $30,371 | R2 Research | |
| 60% | 75.9% | 13,634 | $30,892 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 77% | 83.7% | 4,757 | $38,729 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 61% | 78.6% | 4,003 | $24,792 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 66% | 89.9% | 5,275 | $23,003 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 56% | 53.3% | 2,790 | $22,917 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 73% | 65.4% | 11,022 | $46,174 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 80% | 78.0% | 2,111 | $34,779 | Baccalaureate | |
| 63% | 81.4% | 3,033 | $25,578 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 66% | 92.8% | 4,505 | $11,704 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 69% | 61.7% | 1,440 | $23,510 | Baccalaureate | |
| 74% | 71.9% | 2,599 | $30,587 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 61% | 91.8% | 3,651 | $19,764 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 87% | 47.6% | 8,469 | $41,346 | R2 Research | |
| 61% | 82.3% | 6,356 | $29,618 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 71% | 93.0% | 2,930 | $27,846 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 40% | 80.0% | 3,831 | $26,500 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 73% | 53.4% | 2,078 | $22,610 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 77.6% | 2,114 | $18,499 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 57% | 95.7% | 6,015 | $30,282 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 63% | 71.2% | 5,021 | $20,161 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 51% | 85.9% | 8,869 | $17,760 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 64% | 86.2% | 8,260 | $27,047 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 68% | 91.2% | 4,191 | $34,170 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 65% | 92.6% | 1,191 | $19,859 | Baccalaureate | |
| 71% | 89.8% | 2,314 | $26,534 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 22% | — | 13,746 | $15,644 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 53% | 72.3% | 1,285 | $18,649 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 64% | 78.3% | 3,300 | $23,873 |
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- BaccalaureatePennsylvania
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