by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania was awarded 135 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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College Factual ranked Millersville as #917 out of 2,198 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Millersville is also ranked #59 out of 127 schools in Pennsylvania.
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With an acceptance rate of 92%, Millersville University of Pennsylvania is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 1% of students accepted to Millersville submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 620. Math scores were between 530 and 590.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Millersville University of Pennsylvania, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Millersville University of Pennsylvania is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Millersville this rate is 36%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,454 undergraduates at Millersville with 5,096 being full-time and 1,358 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,016 | $17,200 | $19,999 | $24,056 | $24,651 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Millersville, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Millersville, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $9,358 a year. That adds up to $37,432 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Millersville is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Millersville are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 South George Street, Lyle Hall, Millersville, PA 17551-0302 |
| Phone: | 717-871-4636 |
| Website: | www.millersville.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 194 | NA |
| Social Work | 158 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 143 | NA |
| General Psychology | 129 | NA |
| General Biology | 109 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 92 | NA |
| Special Education | 77 | NA |
| General Engineering | 56 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 54 | NA |
| General English Literature | 51 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,713 students took at least one online class at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. This is a decrease from the 3,370 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,713 | 852 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,370 | 870 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,273 | 5,817 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,634 | 525 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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