Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
A 0–100 composite of ROI, graduate earnings, net price, debt and graduation rate. How it’s scored.
Estimated for a typical student paying the average net price over 4 years.
On these figures the cost and debt outweigh the earnings premium.
The numbers behind the verdict
Lifetime ROI: the long view
Cumulative net gain over a high-school-only earner at different career lengths, with tuition and debt interest already subtracted. Built on IRS-verified federal earnings — not self-reported surveys.
Conservative: holds year-5 earnings flat (no raises). Adjust the assumptions, or see the highest 20-year ROI colleges.
Equity & access
Who the college serves and whether the payoff reaches everyone — earnings ten years after starting (IRS-linked), with access measures from federal enrollment data.
18% gap between the two groups
24% gap between the two groups
2% gap between the two groups
Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity. Federal data does not report earnings by race.
Net price by family income
What students actually pay after grants and scholarships, by household income as of 2024.
| Family income | Average net price / yr |
|---|---|
| Family income $0–$30k | $17,776 |
| $30k–$48k | $17,113 |
| $48k–$75k | $20,967 |
| $75k–$110k | $25,064 |
| $110k+ | $31,198 |
How Elizabethtown College compares
This college against the Pennsylvania and national averages — higher earnings and lower cost/debt are better.
Graduate earnings over time
Median earnings of Elizabethtown College students 10 years after entering, by cohort year as of 2024.
Best-paying majors at Elizabethtown College
Fields of study ranked by their own ROI — earnings five years after graduating against the cost and debt. Click a major for the deep dive.
| Major | Credential | Earnings (5 yr) | Median debt | 10-yr ROI | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering, General | Associate's | $86,261 | $26,788 | +555% | Strong return |
| Accounting and Related Services | Associate's | $76,209 | $27,000 | +395% | Strong return |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's | $71,041 | $26,000 | +316% | Strong return |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Associate's | $68,838 | $27,000 | +278% | Strong return |
| Biology, General | Associate's | $65,814 | $27,000 | +230% | Strong return |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Certificate | $70,942 | $20,500 | +128% | Strong return |
| Communication and Media Studies | Associate's | $56,121 | $26,000 | +78% | Strong return |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Associate's | $53,887 | $27,000 | +41% | Break-even |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Associate's | $52,248 | $27,000 | +15% | Break-even |
| Psychology, General | Associate's | $50,181 | $27,000 | -18% | Poor return |
| Social Work | Associate's | $47,909 | — | -45% | Poor return |
| Political Science and Government | Associate's | $48,414 | $27,000 | -46% | Poor return |
| Criminology | Associate's | $47,304 | — | -57% | Poor return |
| Human Services, General | Associate's | $44,928 | — | -101% | Poor return |
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ROI at Elizabethtown College
Estimates from federal data; your result will vary. How this works.
Admissions & profile
Location
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.
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