Hollins University
Private College in Roanoke, VA. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $40,075.
Students who entered Hollins University reach a median of $40,075 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 65%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.67 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
68% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,827 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 10% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 12% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 610–700 | 22 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 540–640 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 65% finish inside six years. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 682 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 682 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,605 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $17,511 at $0–30k versus $26,826 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $34,806 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 56% 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 · 193 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 | $17,511 |
| $30–48k | $19,304 |
| $48–75k | $20,395 |
| $75–110k | $20,721 |
| $110k+ | $26,826 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 384 of these 682 students, totalling $2,500,196 — an average of $6,511 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Roanoke 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)