Christian Brothers University
Private College in Memphis, TN. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $57,478.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $57,478 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 55% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings. On economic mobility, 2.6% of students travel from the bottom income quintile 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
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 87%, Christian Brothers University takes nearly everyone who applies. 1,504 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 13% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 5% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 460–700 | 8 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 560–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–24 | 103 (59%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 55%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 25% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 954 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,754 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,466 at $0–30k against $5,843 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $30,222. 37% 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 · 199 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 | $9,466 |
| $30–48k | $11,657 |
| $48–75k | $10,023 |
| $75–110k | $12,839 |
| $110k+ | $5,843 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 350 of these 954 students, totalling $3,096,661 — an average of $8,848 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shelby 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)