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University or college · Private nonprofit

Wilson College

Chambersburg, PA873 online only

Wilson College is a private nonprofit college in Chambersburg, PA, with about 821 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.

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Students on campus
821
plus 873 studying only online
Admission rate
92%
higher than at 81% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$21,741
higher than at 58% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
48%
lower than at 64% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$43,326
higher than at 57% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Wilson College?

92%

of applicants admitted

About 18 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
480–610
SAT math
450–570

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1000.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $39,344 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $27,100Room & board $12,296Books & supplies $1,104

After grants, the average family on aid pays $21,741.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$18,236

About $72,944 over 4 years · 54% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
48%
within 6 years · Pell students 41%
Come back for year two
74%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$43,326
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$26,328
about $279 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$279 a month against about $3,087 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

60%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 76% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$43k
Middle income$30–75k
$43k
Higher incomeover $75k
$47k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 26%Agriculture 25%Education 10%Parks, recreation & fitness 9%Business 7%Biology 4%Everything else 19%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing46 graduates a year · typical debt $27,700
$74k4 yrs out
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians35 graduates a year · typical debt $28,000
$42k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations15 graduates a year
—not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness10 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services7 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods7 graduates a year
—not reported
Biology, General7 graduates a year
—not reported
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General6 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

865 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 76%Hispanic 10%Black 9%Asian 1%Two or more 2%International 1%

Women and men

Women 84%Men 16%
15 : 1
students per teacher
23%
get Pell grants (lower income)
67%
take federal loans
42%
undergrads 25 or older
28%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Chambersburg

4% of Chambersburg’s 23,376 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Chambersburg pages.

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Straight-line distances from Wilson College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.