York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania's acceptance rate is 73.7% (2024). Its six-year graduation rate is 64% and its four-year rate is 47% (2024). Tuition and fees are $25,588 (2024). Fall enrollment is 3,825 students, and 4,324 enrolled over the full 12-month year (2024). Source: IPEDS.
About
York College of Pennsylvania is a private college in Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania, near the city of York. It offers more than 70 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to 3,800 full-time undergraduate students. It also offers master's programs in business, public policy, education, and nursing, along with a doctoral program in nursing practice to over 400 postgraduate students.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.9-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 96 Title IV programs, 28 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 68 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing28 · 29.2%
- No Data68 · 70.8%
- 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
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 10
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- May 2023Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
- Apr 2020Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Apr 2020Grant 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, 1,225 students received $6.8M in Pell grants, alongside $23.3M 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 1,221 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (1.2%) 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 York College of Pennsylvania
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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 14
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
- On campus7
- Public property2
Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
- Gender identity1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
York College of Pennsylvania vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions York College of Pennsylvania 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectYork College of Pennsylvania | 64% | 73.7% | 3,825 | $18,556 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Albright College | 51% | 76.3% | 1,380 | $20,024 | Baccalaureate |
Cedar Crest College | 60% | 84.1% | 1,290 | $18,659 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
DeSales University | 72% | 77.1% | 2,972 | $31,643 | Doctoral/Professional |
Dickinson College | 80% | 42.1% | 2,314 | $37,607 | Baccalaureate |
Elizabethtown College | 76% | 77.9% | 2,283 | $26,598 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Elon University | 84% | 66.3% | 7,239 | $41,555 | Doctoral/Professional |
Franklin and Marshall College | 84% | 28.2% | 1,808 | $36,425 | Baccalaureate |
Georgian Court University | 54% | 78.8% | 2,013 | $19,285 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Gettysburg College | 83% | 38.9% | 2,812 | $31,490 | Baccalaureate |
Immaculata University | 71% | 85.8% | 2,512 | $24,258 | Doctoral/Professional |
Ithaca College | 76% | 69.0% | 4,767 | $33,926 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Juniata College | 74% | 78.9% | 1,321 | $23,988 | Baccalaureate |
King's College | 60% | 93.1% | 1,939 | $23,093 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 54% | 90.8% | 7,467 | $21,331 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
La Salle University | 58% | 96.6% | 3,153 | $19,409 | Doctoral/Professional |
Lebanon Valley College | 65% | 83.8% | 2,146 | $26,979 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Lycoming College | 60% | 74.1% | 1,012 | $19,140 | Baccalaureate |
McDaniel College | 63% | 77.9% | 2,868 | $21,916 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Messiah University | 75% | 79.0% | 3,373 | $26,502 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 58% | 86.2% | 6,975 | $20,787 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Monmouth University | 72% | 89.0% | 4,767 | $30,988 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Moravian University | 72% | 54.2% | 2,745 | $30,670 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Mount St. Mary's University | 65% | 73.8% | 2,408 | $22,655 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Muhlenberg College | 82% | 72.0% | 1,788 | $28,905 | Baccalaureate |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 86% | 60.6% | 50,737 | $32,875 | R1 Research |
Rider University | 61% | 78.6% | 4,003 | $24,792 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Salisbury University | 68% | 87.5% | 7,025 | $17,743 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 56% | 86.5% | 5,161 | $23,726 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Susquehanna University | 82% | 81.4% | 2,255 | $28,819 | Baccalaureate |
Temple University | 75% | 80.4% | 29,640 | $28,198 | R1 Research |
Towson University | 69% | 82.0% | 19,401 | $17,413 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Delaware | 83% | 70.6% | 24,412 | $17,799 | R1 Research |
Washington & Jefferson College | 70% | 80.6% | 1,309 | $25,002 | Baccalaureate |
Waynesburg University | 66% | 89.8% | 1,231 | $18,235 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 71% | 78.4% | 17,171 | $23,331 | R2 Research |
Wilkes University | 63% | 90.6% | 5,381 | $27,743 | Doctoral/Professional |
| Peer group median | 70% | 78.8% | 2,868 | $24,258 |
Institutions like York College of Pennsylvania
Explore the federal data for institutions in York College of Pennsylvania's comparison group.
- BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Albright College
Grad rate51%Admit rate76.3%Enrollment1,380Net price$20,024 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPennsylvania
Cedar Crest College
Grad rate60%Admit rate84.1%Enrollment1,290Net price$18,659 - Doctoral/ProfessionalPennsylvania
DeSales University
Grad rate72%Admit rate77.1%Enrollment2,972Net price$31,643 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Dickinson College
Grad rate80%Admit rate42.1%Enrollment2,314Net price$37,607 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPennsylvania
Elizabethtown College
Grad rate76%Admit rate77.9%Enrollment2,283Net price$26,598 - Doctoral/ProfessionalNorth Carolina
Elon University
Grad rate84%Admit rate66.3%Enrollment7,239Net price$41,555 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College
Grad rate84%Admit rate28.2%Enrollment1,808Net price$36,425 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Georgian Court University
Grad rate54%Admit rate78.8%Enrollment2,013Net price$19,285 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Gettysburg College
Grad rate83%Admit rate38.9%Enrollment2,812Net price$31,490 - Doctoral/ProfessionalPennsylvania
Immaculata University
Grad rate71%Admit rate85.8%Enrollment2,512Net price$24,258 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew York
Ithaca College
Grad rate76%Admit rate69.0%Enrollment4,767Net price$33,926 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Juniata College
Grad rate74%Admit rate78.9%Enrollment1,321Net price$23,988 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPennsylvania
King's College
Grad rate60%Admit rate93.1%Enrollment1,939Net price$23,093 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPennsylvania
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate54%Admit rate90.8%Enrollment7,467Net price$21,331 - Doctoral/ProfessionalPennsylvania
La Salle University
Grad rate58%Admit rate96.6%Enrollment3,153Net price$19,409 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPennsylvania
Lebanon Valley College
Grad rate65%Admit rate83.8%Enrollment2,146Net price$26,979 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Lycoming College
Grad rate60%Admit rate74.1%Enrollment1,012Net price$19,140 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
McDaniel College
Grad rate63%Admit rate77.9%Enrollment2,868Net price$21,916 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPennsylvania
Messiah University
Grad rate75%Admit rate79.0%Enrollment3,373Net price$26,502 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPennsylvania
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate58%Admit rate86.2%Enrollment6,975Net price$20,787 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Monmouth University
Grad rate72%Admit rate89.0%Enrollment4,767Net price$30,988 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPennsylvania
Moravian University
Grad rate72%Admit rate54.2%Enrollment2,745Net price$30,670 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsMaryland
Mount St. Mary's University
Grad rate65%Admit rate73.8%Enrollment2,408Net price$22,655 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Muhlenberg College
Grad rate82%Admit rate72.0%Enrollment1,788Net price$28,905 - R1 ResearchPennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Grad rate86%Admit rate60.6%Enrollment50,737Net price$32,875 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Rider University
Grad rate61%Admit rate78.6%Enrollment4,003Net price$24,792 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
Salisbury University
Grad rate68%Admit rate87.5%Enrollment7,025Net price$17,743 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPennsylvania
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate56%Admit rate86.5%Enrollment5,161Net price$23,726 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Susquehanna University
Grad rate82%Admit rate81.4%Enrollment2,255Net price$28,819 - R1 ResearchPennsylvania
Temple University
Grad rate75%Admit rate80.4%Enrollment29,640Net price$28,198 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMaryland
Towson University
Grad rate69%Admit rate82.0%Enrollment19,401Net price$17,413 - R1 ResearchDelaware
University of Delaware
Grad rate83%Admit rate70.6%Enrollment24,412Net price$17,799 - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Washington & Jefferson College
Grad rate70%Admit rate80.6%Enrollment1,309Net price$25,002 - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPennsylvania
Waynesburg University
Grad rate66%Admit rate89.8%Enrollment1,231Net price$18,235 - R2 ResearchPennsylvania
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate71%Admit rate78.4%Enrollment17,171Net price$23,331 - Doctoral/ProfessionalPennsylvania
Wilkes University
Grad rate63%Admit rate90.6%Enrollment5,381Net price$27,743
York College of Pennsylvania Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness collects and analyzes data from areas throughout the College. The resulting reports and publications support decision-making, accreditation, and public knowledge.
Visit IR office page- Grace SeeboldInstitutional Data Analyst, Institutional Research and Assessment
- Tonaya ShafferDirector, Institutional Research and Assessment
- Mohammed RajaAssociate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (9)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityMillard E. and Ida G. Gladfelter Fellows ProgramYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site$10,000
- opportunityYork College Scholarship Program and Tuition Benefit (Wellspan)York College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site$10,000
- opportunityCommonwealth of PA Employee DiscountYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site$6,000
- opportunityIMPACT YorkYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site$6,000
- opportunityAlumni Association ScholarshipYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site
- opportunityInternational Merit ScholarshipYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site
- opportunityJames L. Mohatt Excellence in Music ScholarshipYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site
- opportunityTuition Exchange ProgramYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site
- opportunityVincent Risley ScholarshipYork College of Pennsylvaniainstitution_site
Notable alumni of York College of Pennsylvania (12)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Juan Battle
- Glenn Branca
- Antonio Bua
- Kathy Clark
- John deBarbadillo
- Seth Grove
- David R. Kessler
- Dan Moul
- Ray Peden
- Matt Rogelstad
- Kevin J. Schreiber
- Amelia Himes Walker
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