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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley

Malvern, PA · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.

Not availableModeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$72,964Observed earnings · year 5
Not availableMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
A QUICK READ

What the numbers say about Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley

What does Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley cost?

The current federal record does not provide a reliable average net price for Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley.

What do Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley graduates earn?

The observed median earnings figure is $72,964 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.

How much federal debt do Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley graduates have?

Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $25,000. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.

Is every degree at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley worth the same?

No. DegreeVerdict currently shows 7 field-and-credential outcomes at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley; reported earnings and debt can differ substantially by program category.

PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendanceNot available
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
PRICE SENSITIVITY

The price can change the verdict.

Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.

What stays fixed$72,964 observed annual earnings · 4 years of study · $45,000 alternative annual earnings · ten-year horizonThe marked price is this college’s institution-wide average net price, not your personal aid offer. This is a sensitivity test, not a tuition quote or earnings forecast.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Main award level
Graduate degrees
Campus setting
Suburban
Admissions
Not reported
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$25,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$72,964Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
Not availableStudent size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30kNot available
$30–48kNot available
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$72,964
Year 6$55,620
Year 10$63,435
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

92thEarnings percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$139,676Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
Not availableMedian federal debt across categories that report debt
86%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$54,468Year 1
$76,659Year 4
$72,964Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Information Science/Studies · Master's Degree$158,8152Systems Engineering · Master's Degree$145,5073Computer Engineering · Master's Degree$140,3934Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Master's Degree$139,6765Computational Science · Master's Degree$137,3676Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$127,6657Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$110,498

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree · $158,815 reported+41%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree · $127,665 reported+23%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree · $110,498 reported+15%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree · $139,676 reported+12%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Computer EngineeringMaster's Degree · $140,393 reported+3%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree · $145,507 reported+1%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree$158,815Not availableNot reported
Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree$145,507Not availableNot reported
Computer EngineeringMaster's Degree$140,393Not availableNot reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree$139,676Not availableNot reported
Computational ScienceMaster's Degree$137,367Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$127,665Not availableNot reported
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree$110,498Not availableNot reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.