Huntingdon College
Private College in Montgomery, AL. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $49,601.
Ten years after entry, the median Huntingdon College student earns $49,601 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. 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
Admissions
Huntingdon College accepts 69% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 2,717 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 15% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 4% 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 | 533–610 | 10 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 473–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 84 (30%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. 67% 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. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 863 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,055 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($20,435 versus $24,713), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $18,024 on average. 71% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 309 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 | $20,435 |
| $30–48k | $19,992 |
| $48–75k | $22,966 |
| $75–110k | $24,589 |
| $110k+ | $24,713 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 612 of these 863 students, totalling $3,869,541 — an average of $6,323 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery 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)