Eastern Nazarene College
Private College in Quincy, MA. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $54,727.
Ten years after entry, the median Eastern Nazarene College student earns $54,727 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 39% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 59% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool is small at 904, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Only 16% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 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 | 438–585 | — |
| SAT Math | 445–595 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 39% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 3:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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
Average net price after grant aid is $21,894 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $21,523 at $0–30k, $27,565 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $20,305 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of 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 | $21,523 |
| $30–48k | $28,248 |
| $48–75k | $25,637 |
| $75–110k | $26,913 |
| $110k+ | $27,565 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Norfolk County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026