Asbury University
Private College in Wilmore, KY. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $42,368.
Students who entered Asbury University land at a median of $42,368 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 65% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $24,028 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.2% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 63% puts Asbury University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 2,063, typical for a school of this reach. 26% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 65% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,369 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,033 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $18,455 at $0–30k, $25,958 at $110k+. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $23,613, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 49% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 356 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 | $18,455 |
| $30–48k | $18,280 |
| $48–75k | $18,724 |
| $75–110k | $21,296 |
| $110k+ | $25,958 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 672 of these 1,369 students, totalling $4,319,322 — an average of $6,428 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jessamine 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)