Husson University
Private College in Bangor, ME. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $45,025.
Ten years after entry, the median Husson University student earns $45,025 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 59%, 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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 81% puts Husson University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,856 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 24% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 8% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 535–650 | 43 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 530–625 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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59% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 24% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,395 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,005 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $16,606 at the $0–30k band to $25,262 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 95% of students receive it, averaging $13,284. Most students borrow — 76% 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 · 503 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 | $16,606 |
| $30–48k | $16,898 |
| $48–75k | $17,496 |
| $75–110k | $21,273 |
| $110k+ | $25,262 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,810 of these 2,395 students, totalling $12,342,599 — an average of $6,819 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Penobscot County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026