Greensboro College
Private College in Greensboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $46,566.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,566 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,607, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
70% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,932 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 7% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 46% finish inside six years. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. With 33% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 654 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,730 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $13,877 at the $0–30k band to $27,075 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $15,252. Most students borrow — 75% 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 · 210 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 | $13,877 |
| $30–48k | $14,361 |
| $48–75k | $15,614 |
| $75–110k | $21,248 |
| $110k+ | $27,075 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 491 of these 654 students, totalling $3,377,844 — an average of $6,880 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Guilford County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)