Eastern Mennonite University
Private College in Harrisonburg, VA. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $54,869.
Students who entered Eastern Mennonite University land at a median of $54,869 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $24,813, 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 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 1,470, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Only 13% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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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A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Transfer-out runs to 25% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 9:1, 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 801 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,021 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($22,994 versus $29,315), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $31,303, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 60% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 185 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 | $22,994 |
| $30–48k | $20,333 |
| $48–75k | $20,454 |
| $75–110k | $27,570 |
| $110k+ | $29,315 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 480 of these 801 students, totalling $3,265,023 — an average of $6,802 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harrisonburg City) — 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)