Rollins College
Private College in Winter Park, FL. Six-year graduation rate 75%. Median 10-year earnings $58,295.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $58,295 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 75% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $25,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 75% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 48%, the acceptance rate makes Rollins College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 8,860 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 26% 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 | 600–690 | 149 (26%) |
| SAT Math | 560–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–30 | 87 (15%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Rollins College →Academics
A 75% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 85% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate population is 2,595 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,582 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $39,201 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $27,177 at the $0–30k band to $41,006 at $110k+. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $35,399, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 40% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 638 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 | $27,177 |
| $30–48k | $27,965 |
| $48–75k | $30,079 |
| $75–110k | $32,393 |
| $110k+ | $41,006 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,021 of these 2,582 students, totalling $7,010,213 — an average of $6,866 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)