Berry College
Private College in Mount Berry, GA. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $53,800.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,800 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 70% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,250, 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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 64% puts Berry College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 6,544, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 15%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 4% 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 | 580–680 | 23 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 545–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–28 | 91 (15%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 70% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,213 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,363 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $18,189 at the $0–30k band to $28,116 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $32,467 on average. About 39% 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 · 576 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 | $18,189 |
| $30–48k | $16,935 |
| $48–75k | $19,283 |
| $75–110k | $20,665 |
| $110k+ | $28,116 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 865 of these 2,213 students, totalling $5,351,672 — an average of $6,187 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Floyd 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)