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Cairn University-Langhorne

Cairn University-Langhorne is a private campus in suburban Langhorne, PA.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$24,409

family income
under $30k

$26,083

$30–48k

$29,663

$48–75k

$29,409

$75–110k

$32,037

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$27,6422023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Cairn University-Langhorne rose from $19,394 (2008) to $27,642 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$19,394
2009	$24,446
2010	$19,154
2011	$16,615
2012	$18,276
2013	$18,186
2014	$17,975
2015	$19,150
2016	$18,776
2017	$19,413
2018	$21,859
2019	$25,765
2020	$25,661
2021	$25,930
2022	$29,577
2023	$27,642

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$46,2332024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Cairn University-Langhorne rose from $28,700 (2009) to $46,233 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$28,700
2010	$30,877
2011	$31,680
2012	$32,394
2013	$32,509
2014	$33,730
2015	$34,233
2016	$35,911
2017	$37,547
2018	$38,857
2019	$39,654
2020	$41,762
2021	$42,603
2022	$44,533
2023	$45,473
2024	$46,233

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$10,355
2001	$11,100
2002	$11,990
2003	$12,745
2004	$13,495
2005	$14,500
2006	$15,875
2007	$16,730
2008	$17,785
2013	$22,455
2014	$23,245
2015	$23,920
2016	$25,246
2017	$26,493
2018	$27,279
2019	$28,918
2020	$29,853
2021	$31,020
2022	$31,965
2023	$32,625

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Cairn University-Langhorne reports published tuition of $34,009 in this record. Cairn University-Langhorne's $34,009 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Cairn University-Langhorne reports 775 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

59.7% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Cairn University-Langhorne within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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59.7%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Cairn University-Langhorne rose from 50.5% (entered 1994) to 59.7% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1994 cohort	50.5%
1995 cohort	52%
1996 cohort	59.7%
1997 cohort	54%
1998 cohort	46.3%
1999 cohort	53.1%
2000 cohort	57.8%
2001 cohort	61.7%
2002 cohort	54.4%
2003 cohort	56.8%
2004 cohort	56.5%
2005 cohort	64.4%
2006 cohort	63.2%
2007 cohort	69.9%
2008 cohort	66%
2009 cohort	59%
2010 cohort	61%
2011 cohort	60.5%
2012 cohort	62.3%
2013 cohort	59.7%
2014 cohort	54.7%
2015 cohort	61.2%
2016 cohort	55.9%
2017 cohort	65.2%
2018 cohort	59.7%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1994–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$10,403	$6,115
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$11,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$12,625	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$14,100	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,113	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$14,375	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$11,486	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,402	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,250	$4,168
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,375	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,375	$5,196
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$15,250	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,013	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,620	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,500	$5,875
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$25,750	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$6,475
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$26,926	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$37,077

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$43,976

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$44,172

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Cairn University-Langhorne admitted 507 of 575 applicants in Fall 2024. The 88.2% rate describes that application pool.

88.2%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $32,625 tuition · 2023–24 775 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1000–11601600

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Admissions

Cairn University-Langhorne reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Cairn University-Langhorne’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 540–590 and Math was 460–570 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1000–1160 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	540	560	590
SAT Math	460	550	570

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Cairn University-Langhorne received 575 applications and admitted 507 (88.2%), with 229 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

88.2%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	64.7%
Fall 2002	68.1%
Fall 2003	77.8%
Fall 2004	77.8%
Fall 2005	94.1%
Fall 2006	94.1%
Fall 2007	93.5%
Fall 2008	97.5%
Fall 2009	94.2%
Fall 2010	74.4%
Fall 2011	72.5%
Fall 2012	73.9%
Fall 2013	51.3%
Fall 2014	97.8%
Fall 2015	98.7%
Fall 2016	97.9%
Fall 2017	98.6%
Fall 2018	76.1%
Fall 2019	82.8%
Fall 2020	81.5%
Fall 2021	82.3%
Fall 2022	81%
Fall 2023	83.6%
Fall 2024	88.2%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1000–1160Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	960	1190
Fall 2002	970	1183
Fall 2003	930	1175
Fall 2004	930	1175
Fall 2005	950	1170
Fall 2006	950	1170
Fall 2007	920	1180
Fall 2008	920	1140
Fall 2009	935	1140
Fall 2010	910	1140
Fall 2011	950	1160
Fall 2012	910	1170
Fall 2013	873	1138
Fall 2014	870	1110
Fall 2015	850	1095
Fall 2016	893	1160
Fall 2017	938	1165
Fall 2018	955	1200
Fall 2019	1000	1247
Fall 2023	1050	1260
Fall 2024	1000	1160

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–27Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	21	27
Fall 2002	19	27
Fall 2003	20	27
Fall 2004	20	27
Fall 2005	19	24
Fall 2006	19	24
Fall 2007	16	22
Fall 2008	19	24
Fall 2009	19	26
Fall 2010	17	26
Fall 2011	20	26
Fall 2012	17	24
Fall 2013	18	26
Fall 2014	18	25
Fall 2015	18	24
Fall 2016	20	24
Fall 2017	17	23
Fall 2018	18	23
Fall 2019	19	24
Fall 2023	23	27

IPEDS Fall 2001–2023, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

775Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Cairn University-Langhorne fell from 971 (Fall 2002) to 775 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	971
Fall 2003	965
Fall 2004	950
Fall 2005	1,033
Fall 2006	1,015
Fall 2007	1,021
Fall 2008	1,011
Fall 2009	1,008
Fall 2010	969
Fall 2011	910
Fall 2012	923
Fall 2013	840
Fall 2014	805
Fall 2015	772
Fall 2016	725
Fall 2017	757
Fall 2018	776
Fall 2019	842
Fall 2020	885
Fall 2021	807
Fall 2022	780
Fall 2023	782
Fall 2024	775

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

77%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Cairn University-Langhorne has held near 77% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	79%
Fall 2003 cohort	83%
Fall 2004 cohort	76%
Fall 2005 cohort	79%
Fall 2006 cohort	82%
Fall 2007 cohort	84%
Fall 2008 cohort	82%
Fall 2009 cohort	76%
Fall 2010 cohort	78%
Fall 2011 cohort	75%
Fall 2012 cohort	75%
Fall 2013 cohort	75%
Fall 2014 cohort	69%
Fall 2015 cohort	74%
Fall 2016 cohort	75%
Fall 2017 cohort	80%
Fall 2018 cohort	84%
Fall 2019 cohort	82%
Fall 2020 cohort	73%
Fall 2021 cohort	79%
Fall 2022 cohort	84%
Fall 2023 cohort	77%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Cairn University-Langhorne

Faculty pay at Cairn University-Langhorne averages $74,472 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Cairn University-Langhorne as a primarily residential campus of 775 undergraduates — and 76.6% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Cairn University-Langhorne's SAT section-percentile sums are 1000–1160 — their midpoint is below the PA four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Cairn University-Langhorne's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Cairn University-Langhorne compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Cairn University-Langhorne88.2%

Pennsylvania median81.7%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Cairn University-Langhorne$34,009

Pennsylvania median$33,730

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Cairn University-Langhorne's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Cairn University-Langhorne$44,172

Pennsylvania median$62,101

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Cairn University-Langhorne, Pennsylvania and national reference values
Metric & basis	Cairn University-Langhorne	Pennsylvania median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	88.2%	81.7%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$34,009	$33,730	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$44,172	$62,101	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Cairn University-Langhorne, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Cairn University-Langhorne federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 5 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$61,973
Religion/Religious Studies	$55,492
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	$47,805
Social Work	$45,729
Psychology, General	$36,295

These 5 fields listed for Cairn University-Langhorne measure earnings after completion. The $44,172 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 26 additional Cairn University-Langhorne fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Cairn University-Langhorne report?

Cairn University-Langhorne's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1000–1160 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Cairn University-Langhorne's acceptance rate?

88.2% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 507 admitted from 575 applicants.

How much does Cairn University-Langhorne cost?

At Cairn University-Langhorne, tuition is $34,009. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Cairn University-Langhorne report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $44,172. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania College of Art and Design — 99.2% admitted
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford — 88.5% admitted
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg — 95.2% admitted
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown — 94.8% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.