Bennett College
Private College in Greensboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $36,654.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,654, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 25% graduate within six years. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $28,130 at graduation. It also moves people — 3.9% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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 0.77 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Admissions
At 51%, the acceptance rate makes Bennett College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. Only 608 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 10% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 28% 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 | 410–580 | 9 (28%) |
| SAT Math | 410–480 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Bennett College →Academics
Completion is the problem here: 25% graduate within six years. Retention is strong at 86%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 61% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 193 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,990 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($27,576 versus $20,527), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $21,098, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 69% take federal loans.
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 · 49 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 | $27,576 |
| $30–48k | $28,109 |
| $48–75k | $31,569 |
| $75–110k | $34,862 |
| $110k+ | $20,527 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 133 of these 193 students, totalling $1,223,788 — an average of $9,201 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Guilford County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation (Additional oversight is required to ensure a resolution of compliance issues); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)