College · Private nonprofit · Cresson, PA · Town
Mount Aloysius College
Cresson, PA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate82%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size1,094
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 82% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1070.
If you get in
1,094 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$162k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$89k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$72k
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
- $27.1k
- Room & board
- $14.3k
- Books & supplies
- $2,593
How students pay for it.
Pell grants15%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans31%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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 retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out29%
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
- 1,094
- Location
- Cresson, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · 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.
- White76%
- Unknown14%
- International4%
- Black4%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans2%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$48k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 22
What you can study.