Marietta College
Private College in Marietta, OH. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $57,180.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $57,180 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
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
Marietta College accepts 79% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 2,218 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 13% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 12% 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 | 510–600 | 29 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 530–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–24 | 116 (49%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 61% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 10:1 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. At 1,085 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,039 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,007 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,254 versus $25,570), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $29,898 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 72% 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 · 314 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 | $18,254 |
| $30–48k | $17,191 |
| $48–75k | $18,547 |
| $75–110k | $20,084 |
| $110k+ | $25,570 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 745 of these 1,039 students, totalling $7,042,306 — an average of $9,453 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington 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)