Benedictine College
Private College in Atchison, KS. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $53,175.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,175 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $24,599 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 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 98% of applicants are accepted. 2,715 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 23% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below rest on the 20% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 570–690 | 123 (20%) |
| SAT Math | 570–690 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–29 | 181 (30%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 27% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,236 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,629 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $22,032 at $0–30k versus $30,832 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $22,294, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of students.
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 · 626 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 | $22,032 |
| $30–48k | $22,678 |
| $48–75k | $21,893 |
| $75–110k | $27,231 |
| $110k+ | $30,832 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,173 of these 2,236 students, totalling $7,347,628 — an average of $6,264 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Atchison 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)