Salve Regina University
Private College in Newport, RI. Six-year graduation rate 77%. Median 10-year earnings $72,975.
Students who entered Salve Regina University reach a median of $72,975 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 77% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 77% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
68% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 6,202 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 13% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 16% 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 | 600–680 | 88 (16%) |
| SAT Math | 560–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–29 | 12 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 77% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 83% 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. 2,117 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,101 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $38,307 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $26,939 while those at $110k+ pay $39,244. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $27,884. Most students borrow — 71% 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 · 552 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 | $26,939 |
| $30–48k | $30,844 |
| $48–75k | $31,264 |
| $75–110k | $34,374 |
| $110k+ | $39,244 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,487 of these 2,101 students, totalling $9,660,545 — an average of $6,497 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Newport 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)