Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA · Private nonprofit38.9%
Acceptance rate
1,350
SAT Average
$30,086
Avg net price
2,209
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 552Master’s 194 |
| Bachelor’s 118Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 82Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 77Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 48Master’s 194 |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Centennial Conference
Projected sponsored sports24
Athletic participation
605 unique student-athletes · 20 varsity teams
Early Decision
Binding · Decision released by Dec 1 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 1
Early Action
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15
Regular Decision
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 15
Early Decision
Binding · Decision released by Feb 20 · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 20
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $66,640
- Required fees
- $0
- Food and housing
- $16,110
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $2,700
- Total
- $86,450
- $71,8502019–2019–20
- $74,4602020–2120–21
- $76,3302021–2221–22
- $78,9002022–2322–23
- $81,9602023–2423–24
- $86,4502024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $30,086 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 62%
- Average share of need met
- 90%
- Average need-based grant
- $58,230
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Gettysburg College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Gettysburg College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 4 years of Common Data Set filings.
Gettysburg College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Gettysburg College withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
497 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
23% of the class submitted an SAT
Composite score: Not disclosed
Reading/Writing
Middle 50%
Math
Middle 50%
ACT composite
5% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class.
High-school class rank
Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Gettysburg College rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Gettysburg College leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Gettysburg College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $90,070 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $30,086 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 306 of 497 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $90,070
Averages among the 306 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Gettysburg College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Gettysburg College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
89.9% of Gettysburg College’s first-years return for a second year and 82.7% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03