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York College of Pennsylvania Overview

York College of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution situated in York, Pennsylvania. The suburban atmosphere of York makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is York College of Pennsylvania Known For?

776 Undergraduate Awards
$28,650 Avg Cost After Aid
96% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at YCP.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 41% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, YCP bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $61,012 a year. That's about 50% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is York College of Pennsylvania?

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Contact details for YCP are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 441 Country Club Rd, York, PA 17403-3651
Phone: 717-846-7788
Website: www.ycp.edu

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How Do I Get Into YCP?

You can apply to YCP online at: https://www.ycp.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for YCP

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into YCP?

96% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
45% Submit SAT Scores
YCP has the high acceptance rate of 96%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 45% of students accepted to YCP submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for York College of Pennsylvania  ( 510 to 610 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for York College of Pennsylvania  ( 510 to 620 )
200
800
YCP received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 26. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 27.

ACT English Scores for York College of Pennsylvania  ( 22 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for York College of Pennsylvania  ( 23 to 27 )
1
36

Can I Afford York College of Pennsylvania?

$28,650 Net Price
70% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of YCP is $28,650. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At YCP, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $8,554 a year. That adds up to $34,216 over four years for those students.

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York College of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,438 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,748 undergraduate students at YCP, with 3,438 being full-time and 310 being part-time.

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There are also 291 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,438 full-time undergraduates at YCP, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of York College of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 68
Black or African American 199
Hispanic or Latino 265
White 2,677
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 210

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at York College of Pennsylvania. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 18 countries are represented at YCP. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Japan, and China.

York College of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 147 3 9 16 175
Business Administration & Management 2 47 0 10 0 59
General Education 0 0 3 41 0 44
Mechanical Engineering 0 40 0 0 0 40
General Biology 0 35 0 0 0 35
Health & Physical Education 0 32 0 0 0 32
Criminal Justice & Corrections 2 30 0 0 0 32
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 26 2 0 0 28
Human Services 0 28 0 0 0 28
General Psychology 0 27 0 0 0 27
Accounting 0 21 0 3 0 24
Marketing 0 20 0 4 0 24
Civil Engineering 0 24 0 0 0 24
Allied Health Professions 0 18 0 0 0 18
Computer Science 0 17 0 0 0 17
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 16 1 0 0 17
Information Technology 0 14 0 0 0 14
Public Policy 0 0 1 13 0 14
Design & Applied Arts 0 14 0 0 0 14
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 13 0 0 0 13
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 11 0 0 0 11
Special Education 0 11 0 0 0 11
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 11 0 0 0 11
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 0 11 0 0 0 11
Finance & Financial Management 0 10 0 0 0 10
Political Science & Government 0 10 0 0 0 10
Hospitality Management 0 9 0 0 0 9
Writing Studies 0 9 0 0 0 9
Security Science and Technology 0 9 0 0 0 9
Communication & Media Studies 0 8 0 0 0 8
Public Relations & Advertising 0 7 0 0 0 7
Computer Engineering 0 7 0 0 0 7
History 0 7 0 0 0 7
Liberal Arts General Studies 3 4 0 0 0 7
Mathematics 0 7 0 0 0 7
Sociology 0 7 0 0 0 7
Electrical Engineering 0 6 0 0 0 6
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 6 0 0 0 6
Fine & Studio Arts 0 6 0 0 0 6
Audiovisual Communications 0 5 0 0 0 5
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 5 0 0 0 5
Arts & Media Management 0 3 0 2 0 5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 4 0 0 0 4
Other Engineering 0 4 0 0 0 4
Literature 0 4 0 0 0 4
Chemistry 0 4 0 0 0 4
Management Information Systems 0 3 0 0 0 3
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 3 0 0 0 3
Philosophy 0 3 0 0 0 3
Instructional Media Design 0 0 2 0 0 2
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 2 0 0 2
Economics 0 2 0 0 0 2
Drama & Theater Arts 0 2 0 0 0 2
Educational Administration 0 0 1 0 0 1
Health Sciences & Services 0 1 0 0 0 1
International Relations & National Security 0 1 0 0 0 1
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0 0 0
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Data Analytics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
Social Work 0 0 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 7 769 15 82 16 889

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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