College · Private nonprofit · Immaculata, PA · Suburb
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate86%
6-yr median pay$56k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size1,320
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $56k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 86% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1260 · ACT 25.
If you get in
1,320 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 $44k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$176k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$97k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$79k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $29.3k
- Room & board
- $13.2k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans50%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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?
Graduation · 6 yr71%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$56k
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 out21%
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
- 1,320
- Location
- Immaculata, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White67%
- Hispanic14%
- Black11%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian3%
- International2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time17%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$65k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.