Southern Worcester
County Regional Vocational School District
Public College in Charlton, MA.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 4% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District admits just 4% of applicants, placing it among the most selective undergraduate institutions in the country. The applicant pool is small at 107, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 100% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 11% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a public short-program institution, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 40 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $34,539 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $35,097 at $0–30k, $34,546 at $75–110k. Only 48% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 45% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 12 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 | $35,097 |
| $30–48k | $34,550 |
| $48–75k | $33,777 |
| $75–110k | $34,546 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 18 of these 40 students, totalling $131,859 — an average of $7,326 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Worcester County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026