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York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA 3,265 Undergrads 64.3% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$37,319
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$18,556
After Aid
Median Earnings
$65,789
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$18,556
Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$65,789
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Graduation Rate64.3%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients27.6%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time94.0%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS79.2%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
73.7%
SAT Avg
1,162
SAT Reading
25th: 52056475th: 640
SAT Math
25th: 50056075th: 630
ACT Composite
25th: 212575th: 28
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$581k
+$115k
+$97k
Median Cost$19k/yr
+$515k
+$48k
+$30k
Full Cost$37k/yr
+$447k
-$20k
-$37k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
32
∞
Median Cost$19k/yr
47
45%
Full Cost$37k/yr
Never
-28%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Donor Return42%
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Taxpayer Return-46%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Associate's Degrees
Biology, General
AssocCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,758
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
AssocCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
AssocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,597
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
AssocCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
AssocCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,405
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$77,358
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1002
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,889
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
BachCIP: 3017
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,634
Natl Median: $48,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$24,093
Earnings (4yr)
$67,444
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,548
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$59k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$46,976
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$100,044
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$292k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$60,275
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$13k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,222
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$103,354
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$317k
Engineering, Other
BachCIP: 1499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,989
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
BachCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,046
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
-$122k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$24,173
Earnings (4yr)
$79,444
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$135k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$303k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$45,569
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$135k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$64,754
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$50,652
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations
BachCIP: 2902
Median Debt
$24,496
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,803
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Literature
BachCIP: 2314
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,173
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$77,328
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,407
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$26,990
Earnings (4yr)
$89,995
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
BachCIP: 3101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$40,692
Natl Median: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
-$177k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$26,472
Earnings (4yr)
$52,133
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,927
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$25,250
Earnings (4yr)
$55,197
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,052
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$32,750
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
-$251k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Security Science and Technology
BachCIP: 4304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,805
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$26,950
Earnings (2yr)
$42,905
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$143k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$26,569
Earnings (4yr)
$57,918
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$49,654
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,667
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$117k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$118,510
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$368k
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$72,408
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$59,250
Earnings (4yr)
$159,209
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$719k
Professional Degrees
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
ProfCIP: 5138
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,099
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.