Barclay College
Private College in Haviland, KS. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $36,355.
Ten-year median earnings of $36,355 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 32% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.74 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Admissions
Barclay College admits 51% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is small at 153, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 67% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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 six-year graduation rate of 32% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 52% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 8:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 169 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,692 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,180 at $0–30k against $25,631 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $18,897, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 52% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 38 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 | $27,180 |
| $30–48k | $28,851 |
| $48–75k | $29,302 |
| $75–110k | $41,190 |
| $110k+ | $25,631 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 88 of these 169 students, totalling $631,600 — an average of $7,177 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kiowa County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Additional oversight is required to ensure a resolution of compliance issues), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)