College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley

Malvern, PA · Public · Graduate-granting

Do students finish?

— complete

What does it cost?

—/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$63,435 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $40,301 median $63,435 75th pct $93,790

79% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

7 Master's programs · $63,873 to $109,295 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Information Science/Studies.Master's $109,295 $33,905

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Master's $100,372 $21,500

Computer Engineering.Master's $100,190 $41,000

Systems Engineering.Master's $96,574 $32,822

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Master's $92,512 $41,000

Social Sciences, General.Master's $81,247 —

Accounting and Related Services.Master's $63,873 $20,500

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$19,500

≈ 31% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (7 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website