Davis &
Elkins College
Private College in Elkins, WV. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $43,411.
Students who entered Davis & Elkins College land at a median of $43,411 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 41% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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 0.62 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 94%, Davis & Elkins College takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 705, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. About 25% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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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Completion is middling: 41% finish inside six years. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 23% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 681 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,784 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($15,999 versus $22,496), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $25,553. Borrowing is widespread: 63% 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 · 237 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 | $15,999 |
| $30–48k | $17,005 |
| $48–75k | $15,690 |
| $75–110k | $19,465 |
| $110k+ | $22,496 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 431 of these 681 students, totalling $2,763,629 — an average of $6,412 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Randolph 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)