Beloit College
Private College in Beloit, WI. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $53,260.
Ten years after entry, the median Beloit College student earns $53,260 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is a strength: 71% of students finish within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,738, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
63% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,853 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 9% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 8% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 590–720 | 18 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 610–710 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–30 | 16 (7%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 71% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 948, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 898 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,455 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,176 at $0–30k versus $27,871 at $110k+. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $45,924, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 57% 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 · 216 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 | $15,176 |
| $30–48k | $16,482 |
| $48–75k | $18,028 |
| $75–110k | $22,781 |
| $110k+ | $27,871 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 509 of these 898 students, totalling $3,116,680 — an average of $6,123 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rock 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)