Emory University-Oxford College
Private Community College in Oxford, GA. Six-year graduation rate 94%. Median 10-year earnings $80,137.
A decade after enrolling, the median Emory University-Oxford College student earns $80,137 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 94% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $18,250, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 94% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 13% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 13% means admission is the exception — plan accordingly. The applicant pool is large — 22,118 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. Only 15% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 47% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, 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 | 710–760 | 202 (47%) |
| SAT Math | 760–790 | |
| ACT Composite | 32–35 | 76 (18%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 94% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 94% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 973 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 973 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $32,229 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $24,758 while those at $110k+ pay $59,541. 52% of students receive grant aid, averaging $50,020 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 13% of students.
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 · 521 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 | $24,758 |
| $30–48k | $16,938 |
| $48–75k | $17,889 |
| $75–110k | $25,372 |
| $110k+ | $59,541 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 123 of these 973 students, totalling $654,115 — an average of $5,318 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Newton County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026