Fisher College
Private College in Boston, MA. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $49,669.
Students who entered Fisher College land at a median of $49,669 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.3% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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 31% — below national average
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 71% puts Fisher College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 3,527 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 6% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Just 55% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. With 45% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,138 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $28,596 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,071 at $0–30k, $30,661 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 89% of students receive it, averaging $17,718. Most students borrow — 74% 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 · 205 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 | $25,071 |
| $30–48k | $25,267 |
| $48–75k | $27,168 |
| $75–110k | $26,511 |
| $110k+ | $30,661 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 843 of these 1,138 students, totalling $4,290,463 — an average of $5,090 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)