Brevard College
Private College in Brevard, NC. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $43,545.
Students who entered Brevard College land at a median of $43,545 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Brevard College admits 42% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in five applicants are turned away. The applicant pool runs to 2,699, typical for a school of this reach. About 27% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 14% 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 | 440–620 | 43 (14%) |
| SAT Math | 430–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–26 | 86 (28%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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49% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 62% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 12% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 758 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $26,930 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $19,294 while those at $110k+ pay $28,763. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $21,406. Borrowing is widespread: 70% 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 · 239 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 | $19,294 |
| $30–48k | $23,532 |
| $48–75k | $21,304 |
| $75–110k | $25,337 |
| $110k+ | $28,763 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 528 of these 758 students, totalling $3,328,957 — an average of $6,305 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Transylvania 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)