Adrian College
Private College in Adrian, MI. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $55,504.
Ten years after entry, the median Adrian College student earns $55,504 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
73% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 2,486, typical for a school of this reach. About 26% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 22% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 443–580 | 106 (22%) |
| SAT Math | 430–560 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–27 | 22 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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48% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 33% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,635 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,922 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $19,542 while those at $110k+ pay $28,652. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $29,861 on average. Most students borrow — 73% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 484 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,542 |
| $30–48k | $21,571 |
| $48–75k | $24,162 |
| $75–110k | $27,166 |
| $110k+ | $28,652 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,187 of these 1,635 students, totalling $7,600,680 — an average of $6,403 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lenawee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)