Brescia University
Private College in Owensboro, KY. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $45,500.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,500 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 54% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $29,430 — 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 0.65 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
Brescia University admits 35% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in three applicants are turned away. 2,145 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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54% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 537 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,634 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($8,977 versus $5,548), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 95% of students get grant aid averaging $23,528, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 53% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 147 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 | $8,977 |
| $30–48k | $9,343 |
| $48–75k | $12,984 |
| $75–110k | $8,910 |
| $110k+ | $5,548 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 286 of these 537 students, totalling $2,162,340 — an average of $7,561 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Daviess 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)