College · Public · Kutztown, PA · Town
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Admit rate91%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size6,180
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 91% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1210 · ACT 21.
If you get in
6,180 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 $30k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$119k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$85k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$34k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.3k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $16.1k
- Room & board
- $13.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans63%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$54k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out25%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 6,180
- Location
- Kutztown, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White72%
- Hispanic14%
- Black7%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian2%
- International1%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$65k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 40
What you can study.