Regent University
Private College in Virginia Beach, VA. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $44,498.
Students who entered Regent University land at a median of $44,498 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $24,534 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
Admissions
Regent University admits 38% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in five applicants are turned away. 8,414 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 22% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 11% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, 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 | 530–650 | 74 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 460–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–26 | 26 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 59%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 17% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 25% return, against 75% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,299 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,512 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,064 at $0–30k against $22,588 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 78% of students at an average of $9,189. Most students borrow — 60% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 437 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 | $20,064 |
| $30–48k | $19,327 |
| $48–75k | $17,806 |
| $75–110k | $19,148 |
| $110k+ | $22,588 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,578 of these 4,299 students, totalling $21,472,513 — an average of $8,329 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Virginia Beach City) — 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)