Emmanuel College
Private College in Boston, MA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $68,245.
Students who entered Emmanuel College reach a median of $68,245 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. 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
Admissions
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 6,099, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 11%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 8% 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 | 600–670 | 43 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 570–670 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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68% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The 13:1 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. The undergraduate body is just 1,973, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,874 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $31,121 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,399 at the $0–30k band to $30,832 at $110k+. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $32,279 on average. Most students borrow — 64% 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 · 537 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 | $20,399 |
| $30–48k | $20,611 |
| $48–75k | $24,008 |
| $75–110k | $26,577 |
| $110k+ | $30,832 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,202 of these 1,874 students, totalling $7,720,139 — an average of $6,423 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk 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)