Methodist University
Private College in Fayetteville, NC. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $48,050.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,050 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 43% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation. It also moves people — 3.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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 75% puts Methodist University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,743 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 15%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 10% 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 | 550–630 | 33 (10%) |
| SAT Math | 530–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–27 | 47 (15%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 43% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 39% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,436 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,334 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $20,371 at $0–30k versus $30,453 at $110k+. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $27,596 on average. 58% 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 · 341 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 | $20,371 |
| $30–48k | $23,073 |
| $48–75k | $21,328 |
| $75–110k | $27,698 |
| $110k+ | $30,453 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 833 of these 1,436 students, totalling $5,612,200 — an average of $6,737 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cumberland 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)