Eckerd College
Private College in Saint Petersburg, FL. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $51,819.
Students who entered Eckerd College land at a median of $51,819 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 66% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the 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
Admissions
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 5,071 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 27% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 600–690 | 128 (27%) |
| SAT Math | 560–640 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–29 | 79 (17%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 1,986 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,984 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $43,884 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $29,615 at $0–30k versus $43,955 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $28,120. 44% 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 · 534 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 | $29,615 |
| $30–48k | $34,524 |
| $48–75k | $34,294 |
| $75–110k | $35,840 |
| $110k+ | $43,955 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 867 of these 1,984 students, totalling $5,411,410 — an average of $6,242 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pinellas 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)