Concord University
Public College in Athens, WV. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $42,703.
Ten years after entry, the median Concord University student earns $42,703 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 39% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,900, 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
With an acceptance rate of 93%, Concord University takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 2,582, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 18%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, 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 | 440–560 | 249 (57%) |
| SAT Math | 390–530 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–24 | 91 (21%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 39% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 65% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 28% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,394 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,379 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,021 at $0–30k, $15,472 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $11,972. 49% 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 · 438 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 | $8,021 |
| $30–48k | $6,930 |
| $48–75k | $10,438 |
| $75–110k | $13,336 |
| $110k+ | $15,472 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 682 of these 1,394 students, totalling $4,971,777 — an average of $7,290 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mercer 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)