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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Non-denominational Christian
Location Grove City, PA
Population 150,000
Website https://www.gcc.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,021 (3% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 213 (10% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,228
Men / Women 52% / 48%
From State 49%
From Region 23%

Racial/Ethnic

White 90%
Mixed 6%
Asian 2%
Black 1%
Hispanic 1%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 49.3% 49.3% 2012 Men: 50.6% 50.6% 2013 Men: 48.8% 48.8% 2014 Men: 51.0% 51.0% 2015 Men: 49.0% 49.0% 2016 Men: 53.7% 53.7% 2017 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2018 Men: 53.9% 53.9% 2019 Men: 54.5% 54.5% 2020 Men: 51.4% 51.4% 2021 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2022 Men: 53.9% 53.9% 2023 Men: 54.8% 54.8% 2024 Men: 55.2% 55.2%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2012 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2013 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2015 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2018 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2019 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2020 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2011 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Black: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2015 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2017 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2018 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 White: 94.3% 94.3% 2012 White: 93.9% 93.9% 2013 White: 93.9% 93.9% 2014 White: 94.7% 94.7% 2015 White: 94.3% 94.3% 2016 White: 93.2% 93.2% 2017 White: 93.0% 93.0% 2018 White: 93.0% 93.0% 2019 White: 94.4% 94.4% 2020 White: 92.9% 92.9% 2021 White: 90.3% 90.3% 2022 White: 92.8% 92.8% 2023 White: 90.6% 90.6% 2024 White: 90.9% 90.9% 2011 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.7% 0.7%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2025 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 White: 92.0% 92.0% 2021 White: 91.0% 91.0% 2022 White: 91.0% 91.0% 2023 White: 90.8% 90.8% 2024 White: 90.3% 90.3% 2025 White: 89.8% 89.8% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 International: 1.0% 1.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Grove City College 565 46% / 54% 1% $67,805 80
Electrical Engineering 14 — 86% / 14% 7% $96,596 97 —
Engineering Science 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Mechanical Engineering 45 — 80% / 20% 0% $90,044 95 —
Computer Science 28 +1 82% / 18% 0% $99,405 98 —
Information Systems 3 +2 67% / 33% 0% $91,134 96 —
Chemistry 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $65,687 77 —
Mathematics 3 — 67% / 33% 33% $77,706 88 —
Physics 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $76,764 88 —
Biochemistry 15 — 67% / 33% 0% $64,419 76 —
Biology 14 — 21% / 79% 0% $62,170 72 —
Conservation Biology 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $56,467 61 —
Molecular Biology 6 +1 0% / 100% 0% $65,363 77 —
Exercise Science 30 — 50% / 50% 0% $58,925 66 —
Health Sciences 24 — 33% / 67% 0% $63,472 74 —
Nursing 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $85,640 93 —
Accounting 14 +1 71% / 29% 0% $83,427 92 —
Business Administration 27 +8 85% / 15% 0% $79,621 90 —
Business Economics 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $87,294 94 —
Business Statistics 11 +2 73% / 27% 0% $86,783 94 —
Economics 10 — 100% / 0% 0% $89,065 95 —
Entrepreneurship 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $72,169 84 —
Finance 10 +8 90% / 10% 10% $90,538 95 —
Human Resources Management 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $79,377 89 —
International Business 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $78,172 89 —
Logistics 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $85,231 93 —
Marketing 21 +3 57% / 43% 0% $78,119 89 —
Communication Studies 32 +2 9% / 91% 0% $53,659 55 —
English Literature 24 +2 8% / 92% 0% $49,401 43 —
French 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,854 58 —
History 11 +2 36% / 64% 0% $51,957 50 —
Ministry Studies 6 +1 50% / 50% 0% $53,747 55 —
Philosophy 4 +1 100% / 0% 0% $51,062 48 —
Political Science 14 — 57% / 43% 7% $63,322 74 —
Psychology 22 +1 23% / 77% 0% $50,824 47 —
Religious Studies 12 +4 58% / 42% 0% $52,680 52 —
Social Work 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,122 56 —
Sociology 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $51,723 50 —
Spanish 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,341 56 —
Biology Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,925 53 —
Chemistry Teacher Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Early Childhood Education 35 — 3% / 97% 0% $51,142 48 —
English Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $52,322 51 —
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,582 52 —
Middle Grades Education 14 — 7% / 93% 0% $52,467 52 —
Physics Teacher Education — — — — $53,102 53 —
Social Studies Teacher Education 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $54,140 56 —
Spanish Education 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,710 55 —
Special Education 16 — 25% / 75% 0% $51,799 50 —
Graphic Design and Communication 9 +1 11% / 89% 0% $49,199 42 —
Music 4 +2 75% / 25% 0% $44,609 28 —
Music Education 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,399 51 —
Music Management 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $45,478 31 —
Music Performance 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,679 28 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $23,181
ROI Percentile 80th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 88%
4-Year Graduation Rate 77%
6-Year Graduation Rate 83%
Transfer-Out Rate 7%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 82.1% 82.1% 2012 Graduated: 82.2% 82.2% 2013 Graduated: 82.4% 82.4% 2014 Graduated: 82.6% 82.6% 2015 Graduated: 85.3% 85.3% 2016 Graduated: 81.1% 81.1% 2017 Graduated: 83.1% 83.1% 2018 Graduated: 81.8% 81.8% 2019 Graduated: 85.1% 85.1% 2020 Graduated: 83.4% 83.4% 2021 Graduated: 87.5% 87.5% 2022 Graduated: 81.0% 81.0% 2023 Graduated: 79.7% 79.7% 2024 Graduated: 83.2% 83.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 77.9% 77.9% 2012 Men: 80.1% 80.1% 2013 Men: 82.4% 82.4% 2014 Men: 78.1% 78.1% 2015 Men: 85.4% 85.4% 2016 Men: 80.6% 80.6% 2017 Men: 80.3% 80.3% 2018 Men: 80.2% 80.2% 2019 Men: 82.2% 82.2% 2020 Men: 80.3% 80.3% 2021 Men: 83.8% 83.8% 2022 Men: 78.0% 78.0% 2023 Men: 79.2% 79.2% 2024 Men: 80.4% 80.4% 2011 Women: 86.6% 86.6% 2012 Women: 84.2% 84.2% 2013 Women: 82.5% 82.5% 2014 Women: 87.4% 87.4% 2015 Women: 85.2% 85.2% 2016 Women: 81.5% 81.5% 2017 Women: 85.9% 85.9% 2018 Women: 83.4% 83.4% 2019 Women: 88.0% 88.0% 2020 Women: 86.5% 86.5% 2021 Women: 91.0% 91.0% 2022 Women: 84.4% 84.4% 2023 Women: 80.3% 80.3% 2024 Women: 86.4% 86.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 White: 82.3% 82.3% 2012 White: 82.3% 82.3% 2013 White: 82.9% 82.9% 2014 White: 83.2% 83.2% 2015 White: 85.4% 85.4% 2016 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2017 White: 83.6% 83.6% 2018 White: 82.3% 82.3% 2019 White: 85.7% 85.7% 2020 White: 84.3% 84.3% 2021 White: 88.4% 88.4% 2022 White: 81.7% 81.7% 2023 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2024 White: 83.7% 83.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 24.2% 137 26% / 74% 1% $53,165 53 —
Business & Economics 21.9% 124 70% / 30% 1% $82,359 91 —
Education 13.8% 78 14% / 86% 0% $51,839 50 —
Engineering 10.8% 61 80% / 20% 2% $91,599 96 —
Health Sciences 10.4% 59 39% / 61% 0% $63,039 74 —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.4% 42 40% / 60% 0% $62,479 73 —
Computer Science 5.5% 31 81% / 19% 0% $98,605 98 —
Arts 4.2% 24 38% / 62% 0% $49,002 42 —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 9 56% / 44% 11% $70,924 83 —

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 51%
Yield (Unbound) 37%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 51% 51% 51%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 75.7% 75.7% 2012 Acceptance: 84.2% 84.2% 2013 Acceptance: 80.6% 80.6% 2014 Acceptance: 87.5% 87.5% 2015 Acceptance: 81.0% 81.0% 2016 Acceptance: 82.5% 82.5% 2017 Acceptance: 79.9% 79.9% 2018 Acceptance: 79.1% 79.1% 2019 Acceptance: 79.4% 79.4% 2020 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6% 2021 Acceptance: 72.6% 72.6% 2022 Acceptance: 71.0% 71.0% 2023 Acceptance: 73.4% 73.4% 2024 Acceptance: 72.3% 72.3% 2011 Yield: 51.2% 51.2% 2012 Yield: 53.7% 53.7% 2013 Yield: 52.6% 52.6% 2014 Yield: 48.8% 48.8% 2015 Yield: 43.8% 43.8% 2016 Yield: 46.6% 46.6% 2017 Yield: 44.7% 44.7% 2018 Yield: 42.4% 42.4% 2019 Yield: 36.4% 36.4% 2020 Yield: 41.8% 41.8% 2021 Yield: 40.9% 40.9% 2022 Yield: 39.5% 39.5% 2023 Yield: 37.3% 37.3% 2024 Yield: 37.3% 37.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,592 1,592 2012 Applicants: 1,481 1,481 2013 Applicants: 1,530 1,530 2014 Applicants: 1,492 1,492 2015 Applicants: 1,541 1,541 2016 Applicants: 1,517 1,517 2017 Applicants: 1,783 1,783 2018 Applicants: 1,814 1,814 2019 Applicants: 1,697 1,697 2020 Applicants: 1,624 1,624 2021 Applicants: 2,082 2,082 2022 Applicants: 2,174 2,174 2023 Applicants: 2,034 2,034 2024 Applicants: 2,095 2,095 2011 Admitted: 1,205 1,205 2012 Admitted: 1,247 1,247 2013 Admitted: 1,233 1,233 2014 Admitted: 1,306 1,306 2015 Admitted: 1,248 1,248 2016 Admitted: 1,251 1,251 2017 Admitted: 1,424 1,424 2018 Admitted: 1,434 1,434 2019 Admitted: 1,348 1,348 2020 Admitted: 1,260 1,260 2021 Admitted: 1,511 1,511 2022 Admitted: 1,543 1,543 2023 Admitted: 1,493 1,493 2024 Admitted: 1,515 1,515 2011 Enrolled: 617 617 2012 Enrolled: 670 670 2013 Enrolled: 648 648 2014 Enrolled: 637 637 2015 Enrolled: 547 547 2016 Enrolled: 583 583 2017 Enrolled: 636 636 2018 Enrolled: 608 608 2019 Enrolled: 490 490 2020 Enrolled: 527 527 2021 Enrolled: 618 618 2022 Enrolled: 609 609 2023 Enrolled: 557 557 2024 Enrolled: 565 565

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 70%
SAT Range 1140 – 1380
SAT Math Range 550 – 680
SAT RW Range 580 – 700

SAT Composite

25th 75th
1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1119 1119 2012 25th: 1120 1120 2013 25th: 1079 1079 2014 25th: 1070 1070 2015 25th: 1076 1076 2016 25th: 1060 1060 2017 25th: 1071 1071 2018 25th: 1085 1085 2019 25th: 1130 1130 2020 25th: 1113 1113 2021 25th: 1130 1130 2022 25th: 1130 1130 2023 25th: 1128 1128 2024 25th: 1141 1141 2011 75th: 1369 1369 2012 75th: 1340 1340 2013 75th: 1334 1334 2014 75th: 1334 1334 2015 75th: 1309 1309 2016 75th: 1325 1325 2017 75th: 1249 1249 2018 75th: 1275 1275 2019 75th: 1384 1384 2020 75th: 1360 1360 2021 75th: 1382 1382 2022 75th: 1360 1360 2023 75th: 1374 1374 2024 75th: 1388 1388

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 560 560 2012 25th: 560 560 2013 25th: 537 537 2014 25th: 532 532 2015 25th: 540 540 2016 25th: 529 529 2017 25th: 534 534 2018 25th: 495 495 2019 25th: 554 554 2020 25th: 548 548 2021 25th: 559 559 2022 25th: 550 550 2023 25th: 562 562 2024 25th: 558 558 2011 75th: 677 677 2012 75th: 670 670 2013 75th: 665 665 2014 75th: 661 661 2015 75th: 654 654 2016 75th: 657 657 2017 75th: 662 662 2018 75th: 635 635 2019 75th: 693 693 2020 75th: 673 673 2021 75th: 692 692 2022 75th: 670 670 2023 75th: 690 690 2024 75th: 685 685

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 559 559 2012 25th: 560 560 2013 25th: 542 542 2014 25th: 538 538 2015 25th: 536 536 2016 25th: 531 531 2017 25th: 537 537 2018 25th: 590 590 2019 25th: 576 576 2020 25th: 565 565 2021 25th: 571 571 2022 25th: 580 580 2023 25th: 566 566 2024 25th: 583 583 2011 75th: 692 692 2012 75th: 670 670 2013 75th: 669 669 2014 75th: 673 673 2015 75th: 655 655 2016 75th: 668 668 2017 75th: 587 587 2018 75th: 640 640 2019 75th: 691 691 2020 75th: 687 687 2021 75th: 690 690 2022 75th: 690 690 2023 75th: 684 684 2024 75th: 703 703

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 71.0% 71.0% 2022 Submitted: 74.0% 74.0% 2023 Submitted: 70.0% 70.0% 2024 Submitted: 70.0% 70.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.