Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 1,799 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 28%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $33,445per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 81%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $81,48410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Under the Commonwealth Commitment, admitted Pennsylvania residents with household income below $75,000 and typical assets attend Franklin & Marshall tuition-free.
Source: The F&M Commonwealth Commitment
Students in each first-year Connections seminar are assigned to live together in one of the College Houses.
Source: The Franklin & Marshall Curriculum - Academic Catalog
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 28%About 3 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1310–1463Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 30–33Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $33,445full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $88,838sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $73,210Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 81%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 90%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $81,48410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,758federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,799Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 17%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 19%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA — admits 72%
- Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA — admits 78%
- Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA — admits 81%
- Grove City College Grove City, PA — admits 72%
Also worth a look
- Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA — admits 39%
- Kenyon College Gambier, OH — admits 31%
- Lafayette College Easton, PA — admits 31%
- Haverford College Haverford, PA — admits 12%
- Reed College Portland, OR — admits 25%
- Moravian University Bethlehem, PA — admits 54%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Franklin and Marshall College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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