York College of Pennsylvania Business Programs

Located in York, Pennsylvania, York College of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution. YCP is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

York College of Pennsylvania Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at YCP.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#50	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#83	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards YCP has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Public Finance Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Value Colleges for Public Finance	College Factual
#1	Best Public Finance Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#135	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#148	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Course Advisor
#220	Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is York College of Pennsylvania?

Contact details for YCP are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	441 Country Club Rd, York, PA 17403-3651
Phone:	717-846-7788
Website:	www.ycp.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/yorkcollegepa
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/yorkcollegepa

How Do I Get Into YCP?

You can apply to YCP online at: https://www.ycp.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for YCP

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into YCP?

The acceptance rate at York College of Pennsylvania is 71%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% of students accepted to YCP submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 590. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

YCP received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford York College of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of YCP is $28,650. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At YCP, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $10,100 a year. That adds up to $40,400 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at YCP is 3.4%. 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.

York College of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,748 undergraduate students at YCP, with 3,438 being full-time and 310 being part-time.

There are also 291 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,438 full-time undergraduates at YCP, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of York College of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	68
Black or African American	199
Hispanic or Latino	265
White	2,677
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	210

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at York College of Pennsylvania. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 18 countries are represented at YCP. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Japan, and China.

Online Learning at York College of Pennsylvania

In 2019-2020, 1,066 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at YCP has changed over the last few years.

York College of Pennsylvania Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	1	40	27	68
Accounting	0	19	10	29
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	29	0	29
Entrepreneurship	0	18	0	18
Supply Chain Management	0	14	0	14
Finance	0	12	0	12
General Management Information Systems	0	11	0	11
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	10	0	10
Other Marketing	0	7	0	7
Management Science	0	6	0	6
General Economics	0	3	0	3
Public Relations	0	2	0	2
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	1	0	1
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	0
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Sports Communication	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	172	37	210

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.