Strayer University - Pennsylvania
About
Strayer University is a private for-profit university headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1892 as Strayer's Business College and later became Strayer College, before being granted university status in 1998.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 18,700 borrowers who entered repayment, 425 (2.2%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Strayer
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
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.
Strayer vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Strayer 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectStrayer University-Pennsylvania | 0% | — | 1,384 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
| 5% | — | 116 | $20,249 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 40% | — | 1,996 | $27,100 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 29% | 100.0% | 273 | $52,570 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 0% | — | 1,329 | $22,923 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 0% | — | 188 | $26,625 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| Peer group median | 3% | 100.0% | 801 | $26,625 |
Institutions like Strayer
Explore the federal data for institutions in Strayer's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsTexas
American InterContinental University-Houston
Grad rate5%Admit rate—Enrollment116Net price$20,249View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsNew Jersey
Berkeley College-Woodland Park
Grad rate40%Admit rate—Enrollment1,996Net price$27,100View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsCalifornia
Newschool of Architecture and Design
Grad rate29%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment273Net price$52,570View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsAlabama
Strayer University-Alabama
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment1,329Net price$22,923View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsDistrict of Columbia
Strayer University-District of Columbia
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment188Net price$26,625View data
Campus network
Strayer is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.
- AL
Alabama
Birmingham, ALView data - AR
Arkansas
Little Rock, ARView data - DE
Delaware
Wilmington, DEView data - FL
Florida
Tampa, FLView data - GA
Georgia
Chamblee, GAView data - Main campusDC
Global Region
Washington, DCView data - MD
Maryland
Baltimore, MDView data - MS
Mississippi
Jackson, MSView data - NJ
New Jersey
Piscataway, NJView data - NC
North Carolina
Greensboro, NCView data - SC
South Carolina
Greenville, SCView data - TN
Tennessee
Nashville, TNView data - VA
Virginia
Arlington, VAView data - WV
West Virginia
Scott Depot, WVView data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Strayer University-Pennsylvania
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About the data on this page
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