SCHOOLS / FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY

Fitchburg State University

FITCHBURG, MAIPEDS 165820CARNEGIE CLASS 18
§1 document archived
§ CDS archive
2024-25
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,063
Median1,150
75th1,230
§ 12% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeNot reported
§ ACT composite NOT REPORTED IN THIS CDS YEAR
ADMIT RATE 87%SAT SUBMIT 12%ACT SUBMIT 100%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants4,582reported count
Admits3,98387%
Class seats53914% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants4,5823,98387%539School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 14%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Application cost

Application fee: $35.

§ Demonstrated interest

This school marks applicant interest as Considered. Read yield and wait-list behavior with that policy in mind.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Core merit fields reportedAcademic merit aid checked
No-need grant recipients103Average no-need grant reported; recipient count not reported
Avg no-need grant$1,427H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$14,262Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a. Average international aid reported: $0.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio11EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
3983ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate87%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4582ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
538ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
539ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate14%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile19ADM2023.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile24ADM2023.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile25ADM2023.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate1%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile540ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile580ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile620ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile520ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile570ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile610ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate12%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded678DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded0DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded1209DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$10,376COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$970COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$10,376COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$7,050COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$30,398DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$36,478DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment2255DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment2865DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment772DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment5892DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment3027DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate97%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$5,831SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$6,526SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,406SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate46%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate60%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate46%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityFitchburgHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringPost-master's certificateHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameFitchburg State UniversityHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category5,000 - 9,999HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleSuburb: MidsizeHD2024.LOCALE
StateMassachusettsHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years38%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years51%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years55%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate69%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time55%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate0%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate25%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$53,874
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
55%
6-year completion
Average net price
$14,262
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$24,239
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$36,940$37k
MEDIAN
$53,874$54k
P75
$76,793$77k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$10,204
$30,001 – $48,000
$11,199
$48,001 – $75,000
← MODAL BRACKET$11,540
$75,001 – $110,000
$15,571
$110,001 and up
$21,123
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
38%
6-yr grad
55%
8-yr grad
58%
Retention
69%
Pell grad
47%
Transfer
25%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.