Queens University
of Charlotte
Private College in Charlotte, NC. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $57,673.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $57,673 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.6% of students move from the bottom income quintile 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 62% puts Queens University of Charlotte on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 4,702 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 9%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 13% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 560–670 | 33 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 580–670 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–27 | 30 (11%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 61% finish inside six years. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore 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 9:1 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,362 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $31,839 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $22,792 while those at $110k+ pay $40,426. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $30,569 on average. 71% 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 · 399 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 | $22,792 |
| $30–48k | $20,593 |
| $48–75k | $26,435 |
| $75–110k | $30,159 |
| $110k+ | $40,426 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 967 of these 1,362 students, totalling $4,441,027 — an average of $4,593 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mecklenburg 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)