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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $53,775 ten years after enrolling, more than at 50% of colleges; 58% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.7 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$53.8K
$53.8K
← $24.8Khigher than 50% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$43.3K
10 years after entry$53.8K

Staying and finishing

82%

Retention

come back for year two

58%

Graduation

graduate within six years

National median graduation rate: 59%

What graduates owe

Median debt at graduation, federal loans only

$26K

According to Kutztown University of Pennsylvania's most recent Common Data Set, its Class of 2025 graduates who borrowed from any source (federal, institutional, state, or private) took out an average of $34,684.

Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.

Everyone who starts here, 8 years later

Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.

59 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 25 more are enrolled at another college. (2,490 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.

Pell Grant recipients55%
Students without a Pell Grant61%
How long it takes

46 of 100 finish within 4 years, 58 within 6, and 59 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students46%58%59%
Started in college here41%56%56%
Transferred in59%64%65%

Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.

National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.

Do lower-income students finish?

Pell Grant recipients: 43%, 18 points below students with no need-based federal aid (61%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients619 students

    43% · 18 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant495 students

    60% · 2 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan521 students

    61% · comparison group

All students in this class: 54%

By race and ethnicity

First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.

  • White1,168 students

    58% · 4 points above all students

  • Asian30 students

    57% · 3 points above all students

  • Hispanic/Latino155 students

    43% · 11 points below all students

  • Black162 students

    41% · 13 points below all students

  • Two or more races60 students

    38% · 15 points below all students

  • International12 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native3 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 54%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.

PublicPrivateDot size = undergrads

↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)

Lower cost, higher earnings$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$100K$120K$140K$160K$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K$70K$80KKutztown University of Pennsylvania
Average cost per year, all students (est.) → more expensive

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)