Greenville University
Private College in Greenville, IL. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $46,827.
Students who entered Greenville University land at a median of $46,827 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 40% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,875, 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
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 98% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 1,757, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 15%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 13% 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 | 406–615 | 34 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 365–615 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–28 | 18 (7%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 40% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 873 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,799 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,181 at $0–30k against $24,903 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 95% of students get grant aid averaging $23,088, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 59% take federal loans.
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 | $19,181 |
| $30–48k | $15,313 |
| $48–75k | $13,988 |
| $75–110k | $20,650 |
| $110k+ | $24,903 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 518 of these 873 students, totalling $3,682,163 — an average of $7,108 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bond 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)