College · Private nonprofit · Doylestown, PA · Suburb
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA
Admit rate93%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size1,628
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 93% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1204 · ACT 26.
If you get in
1,628 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $60k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$240k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$113k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$127k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $44.9k
- Room & board
- $15.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans75%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
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 yr56%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,628
- Location
- Doylestown, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · 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.
- White71%
- Hispanic12%
- Black9%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$65k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 22
What you can study.