Troy University
Public College in Troy, AL. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $42,062.
Ten years after entry, the median Troy University student earns $42,062 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 51%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Admission is not the constraint here: 96% of applicants are accepted. 9,474 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 21% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. 6% 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 | 490–620 | 115 (6%) |
| SAT Math | 450–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–25 | 1,051 (56%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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51% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 26% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 29% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,089 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,842 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $12,656 while those at $110k+ pay $22,139. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $7,766. Borrowing is widespread: 69% 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 · 1,446 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 | $12,656 |
| $30–48k | $12,042 |
| $48–75k | $14,321 |
| $75–110k | $18,406 |
| $110k+ | $22,139 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,957 of these 10,089 students, totalling $31,787,074 — an average of $4,569 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pike 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)