Anna Maria College
Private College in Paxton, MA. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $46,651.
Ten years after entry, the median Anna Maria College student earns $46,651 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate 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
Admissions
Anna Maria College admits 50% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. 6,906 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 7%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 | — | 4 (2%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 60% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 951 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,094 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,554 at $0–30k, $33,305 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $26,682. 69% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 245 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 | $25,554 |
| $30–48k | $24,373 |
| $48–75k | $25,366 |
| $75–110k | $27,627 |
| $110k+ | $33,305 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 658 of these 951 students, totalling $4,504,630 — an average of $6,846 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Worcester County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026