Goldey-Beacom College
Private College in Wilmington, DE. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $59,892.
Ten years after entry, the median Goldey-Beacom College student earns $59,892 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 57%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $18,900, 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 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
85% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 988, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield sits at 20% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
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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Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 72% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 12% 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. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 634 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,688 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $11,367 while those at $110k+ pay $20,121. Most students get help: 92% receive grants worth $10,297 on average. About 38% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 149 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 | $11,367 |
| $30–48k | $14,549 |
| $48–75k | $15,777 |
| $75–110k | $19,540 |
| $110k+ | $20,121 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 242 of these 634 students, totalling $1,512,433 — an average of $6,250 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New Castle 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)