College · Public · Cheyney, PA · Rural
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney, PA
HBCU
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$29k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size617
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $29k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
617 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $27k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$107k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$57k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$50k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $10.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $18.9k
- Room & board
- $11.0k
- Books & supplies
- $100
How students pay for it.
Pell grants66%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans58%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention68%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr41%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$29k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$38k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out25%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 617
- Location
- Cheyney, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black88%
- Hispanic6%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian1%
- White1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 22
What you can study.