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?

• Students at YCP have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at YCP.
• In 2019-2020, 43% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from YCP makes roughly $54,892 a year. This is 35% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

York College of Pennsylvania Rankings

YCP is ranked #322 out of 2,018 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

YCP has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#148	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at YCP.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#13	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#58	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#88	Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#92	Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#95	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#101	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards YCP has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Public Finance Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Public Finance	College Factual
#97	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Health Professions	College Factual
#105	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#253	Best Registered Nursing Schools	College Factual

Where Is York College of Pennsylvania?

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/yorkcollegepa
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/yorkcollegepa

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	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into YCP?

YCP has an acceptance rate of 71%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% 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 500 and 590. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

YCP received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford York College of Pennsylvania?

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 76% of students took out student loans averaging $10,100 a year. That adds up to $40,400 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at YCP is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

York College of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,748 undergraduate students at YCP, with 3,438 being full-time and 310 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Online Learning at York College of Pennsylvania

In 2019-2020, 1,066 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at YCP has changed over the last few years.

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	98	0	13	13	124
Business Administration & Management	1	54	0	27	0	82
Criminal Justice & Corrections	3	49	0	0	0	52
Mechanical Engineering	0	48	0	0	0	48
General Biology	0	38	0	0	0	38
Marketing	0	36	0	0	0	36
General Education	0	0	0	36	0	36
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	30	1	0	0	31
Accounting	0	19	0	10	0	29
Finance & Financial Management	0	12	0	14	0	26
Human Development & Family Studies	0	26	0	0	0	26
Computer Science	0	24	0	0	0	24
General Psychology	0	23	0	0	0	23
Health & Physical Education	0	22	0	0	0	22
Allied Health Professions	0	20	0	0	0	20
Design & Applied Arts	0	19	0	0	0	19
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	18	0	0	0	18
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	17	0	0	0	17
Civil Engineering	0	14	0	0	0	14
Electrical Engineering	0	13	0	0	0	13
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	13	0	0	0	13
Sociology	0	12	0	0	0	12
Management Information Systems	0	11	0	0	0	11
Hospitality Management	0	10	0	0	0	10
Political Science & Government	0	10	0	0	0	10
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	0	9	0	0	0	9
Communication & Media Studies	0	8	0	0	0	8
Special Education	0	8	0	0	0	8
Writing Studies	0	8	0	0	0	8
Audiovisual Communications	0	7	0	0	0	7
Other Engineering	0	7	0	0	0	7
Chemistry	0	7	0	0	0	7
Fine & Studio Arts	0	7	0	0	0	7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	6	0	0	0	6
Public Policy	0	0	0	6	0	6
Drama & Theater Arts	0	6	0	0	0	6
Computer Engineering	0	5	0	0	0	5
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	5	0	0	0	5
International Relations & National Security	0	5	0	0	0	5
Information Technology	0	4	0	0	0	4
Mathematics	0	4	0	0	0	4
Social Work	0	0	4	0	0	4
Educational Administration	0	0	3	0	0	3
History	0	3	0	0	0	3
Economics	0	3	0	0	0	3
Public Relations & Advertising	0	2	0	0	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	0	0	0	0	2
Philosophy	0	2	0	0	0	2
International Business	0	1	0	0	0	1
Literature	0	1	0	0	0	1
Music	0	1	0	0	0	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	0	0
Behavioral Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	745	8	106	13	878

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.