Springfield College
Private College in Springfield, MA. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $48,036.
Students who entered Springfield College land at a median of $48,036 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 74% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $26,250, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Springfield College accepts 72% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 3,284 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 2% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 570–690 | 10 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 510–640 | |
| ACT Composite | 27–29 | 6 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 74% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 81% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 1,919, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,911 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $30,039 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The income table below is the number that matters — $22,519 at $0–30k versus $34,461 at $110k+. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $29,979 on average. 72% 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 · 476 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 | $22,519 |
| $30–48k | $22,295 |
| $48–75k | $23,364 |
| $75–110k | $27,470 |
| $110k+ | $34,461 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,384 of these 1,911 students, totalling $8,908,321 — an average of $6,437 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hampden 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)