Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,259 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 79%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $25,955per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 77%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $60,37710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Messiah University requires all undergraduate students to complete at least one approved Experiential Learning Initiative (ELI) activity before graduation.
Source: ELI Leadership Options | Messiah, a private Christian University in PA
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 79%About 8 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%)
- 1110–1350Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 26–31Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
Enter your numbers to see where they'd fall among Messiah University's first-year students. This isn't a prediction: it shows how you compare with students who enrolled, using the sources linked below.
Leave out anything you don't have. Your numbers stay in this browser and fill in on other school pages. See my list
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
- $25,955full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $58,158sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $43,580Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 77%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 89%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $60,37710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,259Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 25%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 18%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Also worth a look
- Mercyhurst University Erie, PA — admits 81%
- Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA — admits 78%
- Arcadia University Glenside, PA — admits 80%
- Gannon University Erie, PA — admits 74%
- Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA — admits 81%
- Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA — admits 80%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Messiah University, 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.
Spot something wrong? Report a data error.