Patrick Henry College
Private College in Purcellville, VA. Six-year graduation rate 74%.
Admissions
Patrick Henry College accepts 77% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 266, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 48% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
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 | 660–740 | 63 (64%) |
| SAT Math | 580–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 27–33 | 46 (47%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 74% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 350 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,869 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $14,152 on average.
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 · 79 students
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Loudoun County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026