Colleges / Elizabethtown College
College · Private nonprofit · Elizabethtown, PA · Suburb
EC

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

AddressOne Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298
Websitewww.etown.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate78%
6-yr median pay$55k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size1,868
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $55k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 78% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1204 · ACT 26.

If you get in

1,868 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 $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$203k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$106k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$97k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$38.0k
Room & board
$13.3k
Books & supplies
$1,100

How students pay for it.

Pell grants21%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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 retention84%
Solid.
Graduation · 6 yr76%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$55k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$62k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
1,868
Location
Elizabethtown, 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, selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White83%
  • Hispanic7%
  • Black3%
  • Two or more races2%
  • Asian2%
  • International2%
  • Unknown1%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$79k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 60

What you can study.

Colleges / Elizabethtown College
College · Private nonprofit · Elizabethtown, PA · Suburb
EC

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

AddressOne Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298
Websitewww.etown.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate78%
6-yr median pay$55k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size1,868
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $55k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 78% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1204 · ACT 26.

If you get in

1,868 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 $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$203k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$106k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$97k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$38.0k
Room & board
$13.3k
Books & supplies
$1,100

How students pay for it.

Pell grants21%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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 retention84%
Solid.
Graduation · 6 yr76%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$55k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$62k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
1,868
Location
Elizabethtown, 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, selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White83%
  • Hispanic7%
  • Black3%
  • Two or more races2%
  • Asian2%
  • International2%
  • Unknown1%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$79k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 60

What you can study.