College · Private nonprofit · Lancaster, PA · City
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Admit rate28%
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr$36k
Undergrad size1,799
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $36k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 28% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1392.
If you get in
1,799 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $86k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $36k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$343k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$146k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$197k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $70.8k
- Room & board
- $16.2k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants16%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans44%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr84%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$76k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out11%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,799
- Location
- Lancaster, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Franklin & Marshall College · Franklin & Marshall · Franklin and Marshall · F&M · FandM
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- International17%
- Hispanic9%
- Asian5%
- Black5%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students19%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$85k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.