Ascent College
Private College in Gainesville, VA. Six-year graduation rate 100%.
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 100% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. A 8:1 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. This is a small school — 91 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 85 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $1,250 on average. 39% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Federal student loans went to 33 of these 85 students, totalling $68,535 — an average of $2,077 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Prince William 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)