Grove City College
Grove City College (GCC) is a private, conservative Christian liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1876 as a normal school, the college emphasizes a humanities core curriculum and offers 60 majors and six pre-professional programs with undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, business, education, engineering, and music. The college has always been formally non-denominational, but in its first few decades its students and faculty were dominated by members of the Presbyterian Church, to the extent that it was sometimes described as having a de facto Presbyterian affiliation; in more recent decades, it and the Presbyterian Church have moved apart.
At a glance
- Acceptance rate: 72%
- Average net price: $25,289
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,488
- Graduation rate (150%): 83%
- Graduation rate (200%): 88%
- 8-year Outcome Measures award rate: 81%
- Student to faculty ratio: 13:1
- Control: Private nonprofit
- Locale: Town, distant
- Calendar: Semester
- City: Grove City, PA
Majors and programs
The most common programs at Grove City College include Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Health.
- Mechanical Engineering (44 bachelor's)
- Computer Science (41 bachelor's)
- Health (28 bachelor's)
- Exercise Science and Kinesiology (26 bachelor's)
- Political Science (21 bachelor's)
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric (17 bachelor's)
- Psychology (17 bachelor's)
- Business Administration and Management (17 bachelor's)
- Marketing (17 bachelor's)
- General Literature (16 bachelor's)
Degree mix: Business 37%, Engineering 16%, Computer Science 14%, Health 11%, Biological Sciences 10%, Psychology 5%, Communication 5%, Other 2%.
Award levels offered: Bachelor's, Master's.
Cost
- In-state tuition and fees: $21,700
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: $21,700
- Books and supplies: $700
- On-campus room and board: $12,230
- Off-campus room and board: $12,230
- Off-campus with family: $1,200
- Typical cost of attendance: $34,630
- Sticker vs net gap: 27%
- Students receiving any aid: 100%
- Pell Grant recipients: 0%
- Federal loan recipients: 0%
- Average institutional grant: $7,841
Admissions
Grove City College admits 72% of applicants. Of students admitted, 37% enrolled.
- Applications: 2,095
- Admitted: 1,515
- Enrolled: 565
- Yield (first-choice signal): 37%
Who actually goes here
- Undergraduates: 2,488
- Women: 48%
- Commuter share (estimated): 12%
- Part-time undergraduates: 86%
- Age 25 and older: 26%
- Graduate students: 27
- Graduation rate: 83%
- Come back after freshman year: 88%
Faculty and campus
- Student to faculty: 13:1
- On-campus housing capacity: 2,189
- Meal plan meals per week: 21
- Average SAT: 1,265
- Average ACT: 27
- Study abroad: Available
- Online programs: Available
Common questions
What is the Grove City College acceptance rate? Grove City College admits 72% of applicants, based on the latest IPEDS admissions file.
What majors does Grove City College offer? Popular programs include Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Health, Exercise Science and Kinesiology, Political Science.
What is the Grove City College graduation rate? In the IPEDS Outcome Measures cohort, 81% earned an award within eight years. The first-time, full-time 150% graduation rate is 83%.
Scorecard earnings and debt cover Title IV aid recipients, not cash-pay or private-loan students. Grove City College official site: https://gcc.edu.