Mitchell College
Private College in New London, CT. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $39,115.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,115, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $25,150 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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 0.64 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Mitchell College admits 95% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. With 1,030 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Only 7% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 59% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 37% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The 11:1 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 421 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $31,536 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $26,485 at the $0–30k band to $35,675 at $110k+. 99% of students get grant aid averaging $22,812, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 69% 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 · 83 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 | $26,485 |
| $30–48k | $27,972 |
| $48–75k | $29,970 |
| $75–110k | $29,559 |
| $110k+ | $35,675 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 292 of these 421 students, totalling $1,913,524 — an average of $6,553 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region) — 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)