College · Private nonprofit · Gettysburg, PA · Town
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Admit rate39%
6-yr median pay$57k
Net price / yr$31k
Undergrad size2,099
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $31k/yr for a shot at a $57k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 39% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1379 · ACT 30.
If you get in
2,099 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $82k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $31k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$328k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$126k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$202k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $66.6k
- Room & board
- $16.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants21%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans48%
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 retention91%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr83%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$57k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$72k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out15%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,099
- Location
- Gettysburg, 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
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White62%
- International14%
- Hispanic11%
- Black5%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students14%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$107k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.