ECPI University
For-profit College in Virginia Beach, VA. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $42,837.
Ten years after entry, the median ECPI University student earns $42,837 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $20,000, 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
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 75% puts ECPI University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 5,330, typical for a school of this reach. About 26% 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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Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 56% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 21% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,270 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,407 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,807 at $0–30k against $28,701 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,616 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 57% 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 · 930 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 | $21,807 |
| $30–48k | $22,649 |
| $48–75k | $23,467 |
| $75–110k | $25,439 |
| $110k+ | $28,701 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,441 of these 11,270 students, totalling $67,157,135 — an average of $10,427 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Virginia Beach 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)