The University
of Olivet
Private College in Olivet, MI. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $47,907.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,907 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 83% puts The University of Olivet on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 1,516, typical for a school of this reach. Yield sits at 20% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
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
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Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 924 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,362 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,656 at $0–30k against $24,068 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $25,827. Borrowing is widespread: 79% take federal loans.
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 · 334 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 | $19,656 |
| $30–48k | $20,442 |
| $48–75k | $20,564 |
| $75–110k | $21,730 |
| $110k+ | $24,068 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 734 of these 924 students, totalling $6,819,230 — an average of $9,291 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Eaton 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)