University of
Mary Washington
Public College in Fredericksburg, VA. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $60,613.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Mary Washington student earns $60,613 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 66% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $20,500 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 80% puts University of Mary Washington on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 5,124, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 18%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 26% 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 | 610–710 | 189 (26%) |
| SAT Math | 560–660 | |
| ACT Composite | 27–31 | 29 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 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 retention runs ahead at 95% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,504 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,800 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,304 at $0–30k versus $30,986 at $110k+. 74% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,859 — common but not automatic. 30% 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 · 737 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 | $10,304 |
| $30–48k | $11,061 |
| $48–75k | $15,477 |
| $75–110k | $26,212 |
| $110k+ | $30,986 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,057 of these 3,504 students, totalling $6,838,310 — an average of $6,470 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fredericksburg City) — 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)