Lycoming College

Overview

Rankings

• #8 Best Business Colleges in Pennsylvania
• #15 Best Psychology Colleges in Pennsylvania
• #19 Best Bachelor's Programs in Pennsylvania
• #19 Best Master's Programs in Pennsylvania
• #19 Best Biology Colleges in Pennsylvania
• #23 Best Colleges in Pennsylvania
• #41 Most Affordable Colleges in Pennsylvania

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Lycoming College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Lycoming College, located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, admits most of the students who apply; the acceptance rate is roughly 74%. Admitted students typically arrive with an average SAT score near 1,160. The graduation rate is roughly 60%.

Acceptance Rate

74%

Retention Rate

76%

SAT Average

1160

ACT Midpoint

25

SAT Range

1080–1300

Full-Time Faculty

83%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$8,261

Student–Faculty Ratio

11:1

Diversity Index

0.57

First-Gen Students

37%

Applicants

3,039

Admitted

2,286

Inside the Admissions Office

School-reported Common Data Set · 2024-25

The acceptance rate tells you how hard Lycoming College is to get into. Its Common Data Set tells you what happens once you are admitted: how many students say yes, how many arrived without test scores, and whether applying early tilts the odds. 13% of admitted students go on to enroll here, making it a school most admitted students ultimately pass on.

Yield Rate

13%

of admits enroll

Submitted SAT

19%

of enrolled freshmen

Submitted ACT

100%

of enrolled freshmen

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Lycoming College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Lycoming College is $50,029, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $19,140. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $12,151 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $27,000 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$50,029

Out-of-State

$50,029

Avg Net Price

$19,140

Median Debt

$27,000

Pell Grant Rate

38%

Federal Loan Rate

71%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Lycoming College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Lycoming College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Lycoming College earn a median of $56,210, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$43,713

8 Years

$50,955

10 Years

$56,210

Debt-to-Earnings

0.48x

Earning > $25K

66%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Lycoming College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Lycoming College is a measurable contributor to upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 0.46%, a more modest figure. About 4.2% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 10.9% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $83,600, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

0.46%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

10.9%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

4.2%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$113,583

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Lycoming College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Lycoming College. Its economic connectedness score is 1.67, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.02), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 7% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.67

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.02

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

6.9%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$6,102,773

Investment Income

$-19,325,965

Top Programs

The fields Lycoming College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Business & Marketing 28% $49,829 early-career
• Social Sciences 17% $50,714 early-career
• Psychology 13% $39,544 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 12% $35,593 early-career
• Visual & Performing Arts 9% $38,360 early-career
• Physical Sciences 5%
• English & Literature 5% $29,017 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 1%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.