About
Susquehanna University is a private liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States. Its name is derived from the original Susquehannock settlers of the region. Founded in 1858 as a missionary institute, it became a four-year liberal arts college in 1895. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In addition to an arts and sciences focus, Susquehanna has a business school, master's degrees in education, and joint-degree programs in engineering and for a master of business administration.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Applied
5,513
5,513 candidates competed
Admitted
4,489
81.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
610
13.6% yield
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
82%+9.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Overall completion
82%+9.0pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
75%
4-year graduation
75%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
82%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
82%
Full-time retention
86%
Full-time retention
86%
Pell equity
11.5pp gap
Pell recipients
74%142 of 193
Non-Pell (all)
85%364 of 426
Subsidized loan, no Pell
78%180 of 230
No Federal Aid
94%184 of 196
Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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 56 Title IV programs, 16 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 40 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
56
Passing
16
28.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
56programs
- Passing16 · 28.6%
- No Data40 · 71.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
15
No data
40
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
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
$40,989
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+16.2%
+$5,715
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+16.2%
$40,989 vs $35,274
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$44,784
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+27.0%
+$9,510
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+27.0%
$44,784 vs $35,274
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$47,367
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+34.3%
+$12,093
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+34.3%
$47,367 vs $35,274
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
$51,105
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+44.9%
+$15,831
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+44.9%
$51,105 vs $35,274
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$52,221
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+48.0%
+$16,947
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+48.0%
$52,221 vs $35,274
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$55,271
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+56.7%
+$19,997
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+56.7%
$55,271 vs $35,274
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
$58,349
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+65.4%
+$23,075
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+65.4%
$58,349 vs $35,274
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$59,551
$35,274
Same-State HS Median
+68.8%
+$24,277
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+68.8%
$59,551 vs $35,274
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
$27,000
$40,989
66%
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
$27,000 debt · $40,989 earn
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$27,000
$44,784
60%
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$27,000 debt · $44,784 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$27,000
$47,367
57%
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$27,000 debt · $47,367 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
$27,000
$51,105
53%
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
$27,000 debt · $51,105 earn
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$27,000
$52,221
52%
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$27,000 debt · $52,221 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$27,000
$55,271
49%
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$27,000 debt · $55,271 earn
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
$27,000
$58,349
46%
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
$27,000 debt · $58,349 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$27,000
$59,551
45%
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$27,000 debt · $59,551 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Accredited since 1930Next review Jan 2031
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 4
- Mar 2024Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jan 2021Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Apr 2018Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
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 (private)
$28,819
+$3,114vs Baccalaureate median $25,706
Federal loans
65.9%
In-state tuition
$59,850
Out-of-state
$59,850
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 670 students received $3.9M in Pell grants, alongside $15.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
670
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.9M
$3,875,847 total
Direct Loans
$15.6M
2,754 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$4.5M
1,040 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$5.5M
1,440 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$54K
3 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.6M
271 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 544 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
1.6%
-0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
544
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
4.1%-5.2
2017
3.8%-5.4
2018
3.3%-3.7
2019
1.6%-0.7
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 Susquehanna
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs66
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
494 total completions
01Business
15431.2%
01Business
15431.2%
02Communication
6413.0%
02Communication
6413.0%
03Biological Sciences
6012.1%
03Biological Sciences
6012.1%
04English Language
428.5%
04English Language
428.5%
05Education
418.3%
05Education
418.3%
06Visual/Performing Arts
357.1%
06Visual/Performing Arts
357.1%
07Psychology
326.5%
07Psychology
326.5%
08Physical Sciences
255.1%
08Physical Sciences
255.1%
09Social Sciences
234.7%
09Social Sciences
234.7%
10Computer Sciences
183.6%
10Computer Sciences
183.6%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
2,255
12-mo unduplicated
2,342
Undergraduate
2,327
Graduate
15
Gender split
Men
43%1,013
Women
57%1,329
Race / ethnicity composition
White
77.8%
Black
7.1%
Hispanic
6.6%
Two or more
3.2%
Unknown
2.2%
Asian
1.5%
Non-resident
1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Athletes
566
353 M · 213 W
Women athletes
37.6%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$4.5M
Total expenses
Men vs women · spending splits
Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$42K
$34K
Head-coach salaries
$61K
$48K
Men Women
Sport-by-sport · 12
Sport
Men
Women
Expenses
Football
128
—
$694,760
Football
128 M · —
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
57
54
$402,020
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
57 M · 54 W
Lacrosse
50
26
$309,147
Lacrosse
50 M · 26 W
Soccer
32
34
$258,234
Soccer
32 M · 34 W
Baseball
52
—
$314,847
Baseball
52 M · —
Field Hockey
—
34
$243,401
Field Hockey
— · 34 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
4.01
9 offenses · 2,247 students
3-year trend
6.362 yrs ago3.141 yr ago4.01Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
30
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
33
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
13
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
3
Criminal offenses by type
Rape
4
Fondling
2
Motor vehicle theft
2
Burglary
1
By location
9total
- On campus9
Includes 6 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
0
Domestic violence
10
Dating violence
4
Stalking
14 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
- Sexual orientation2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs055
Liquor2114
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
13.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
135
Susquehanna vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Susquehanna 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSusquehanna University | 82% | — | 2,255 | $28,819 | Baccalaureate |
| 62% | 80.7% | 1,308 | $14,301 | Baccalaureate | |
| 73% | 62.7% | 2,570 | $22,736 | Baccalaureate | |
| 67% | 47.7% | 1,217 | $21,107 | Baccalaureate | |
Birmingham-Southern College | 64% | 51.9% | — | $23,351 | Baccalaureate |
| 66% | 86.2% | 1,084 | $23,377 | Baccalaureate | |
| 66% | 64.0% | 1,195 | $18,745 | Baccalaureate | |
| 79% | 42.9% | 2,554 | $30,308 | Baccalaureate | |
| 83% | 38.9% | 2,812 | $31,490 | Baccalaureate | |
| 77% | 61.0% | 1,906 | $22,900 | Baccalaureate | |
| 75% | 39.3% | 1,582 | $28,199 | Baccalaureate | |
| 74% | 78.9% | 1,321 | $23,988 | Baccalaureate | |
| 78% | 56.8% | 1,837 | $28,673 | Baccalaureate | |
| 70% | 85.2% | 1,709 | $26,536 | Baccalaureate | |
| 71% | 71.5% | 1,384 | $23,097 | Baccalaureate | |
| 82% | 72.0% | 1,788 | $28,905 | Baccalaureate | |
| 85% | 50.4% | 1,861 | $28,585 | Baccalaureate | |
| 73% | 84.5% | 1,323 | $25,239 | Baccalaureate | |
| 72% | 85.7% | 2,032 | $26,172 | Baccalaureate | |
| 73% | 43.1% | 1,440 | $29,224 | Baccalaureate | |
| 76% | 66.3% | 2,674 | $33,016 | Baccalaureate | |
| 68% | 72.2% | 1,864 | $38,394 | Baccalaureate | |
| 73% | 91.8% | 1,502 | $30,536 | Baccalaureate | |
| 70% | 80.6% | 1,309 | $25,002 | Baccalaureate | |
| 53% | 72.3% | 1,285 | $18,649 | Baccalaureate | |
| 84% | 51.9% | 1,817 | $18,732 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 73% | 66.3% | 1,709 | $25,706 |
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Explore the federal data for institutions in Susquehanna's comparison group.
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Birmingham-Southern College
Grad rate64%Admit rate51.9%Enrollment—Net price$23,351 - BaccalaureateIowa
Central College
Grad rate66%Admit rate86.2%Enrollment1,084Net price$23,377View data - BaccalaureateIowa
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Grad rate66%Admit rate64.0%Enrollment1,195Net price$18,745View data - BaccalaureateSouth Carolina
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Grad rate79%Admit rate42.9%Enrollment2,554Net price$30,308View data - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Gettysburg College
Grad rate83%Admit rate38.9%Enrollment2,812Net price$31,490View data - BaccalaureateMinnesota
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Grad rate74%Admit rate78.9%Enrollment1,321Net price$23,988View data - BaccalaureateIllinois
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Susquehanna Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Team
2 members
- Danielle BrownAssistant Provost of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Initiatives
- Erica StephensonAssistant Director for Institutional Effectiveness
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data definitionGlossary - Susquehanna UniversityThe glossary page of Susquehanna University provides definitions and explanations related to financial aid terms used in the admission process. It covers terms associated with academic credits, financial calculations, loans, and the logistical aspects of financial aid processing. The page serves as a resource for prospective and current students to understand the various components involved in calculating and qualifying for student aid and the responsibilities associated with financial commitments during their college education.susqu.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- GlossaryGlossary - Susquehanna UniversityThe glossary provided by Susquehanna University encompasses a comprehensive range of financial aid and educational terms. It primarily serves to offer detailed explanations and definitions related to financial aid concepts, types of loans, grants, enrolment statuses, and student classifications critical for both current and prospective students. This glossary is designed to help in understanding financial aid processes, requirements, and options available to students and families during their educational tenure.susqu.edu
Grants & funding (4)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Frequently asked questions about Susquehanna University
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Susquehanna.
What is the graduation rate at Susquehanna University?
Susquehanna University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 82% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend Susquehanna University?
Susquehanna University reports a total enrollment of 2,255 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Susquehanna University?
The average net price at Susquehanna University is $28,819 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
What is the yield rate at Susquehanna University?
Susquehanna University's yield rate is 13.6%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.
Where is Susquehanna University located?
Susquehanna University is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 17870-1025.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
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