University of Montevallo
Public College in Montevallo, AL. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $42,957.
Students who entered University of Montevallo land at a median of $42,957 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 54% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
At 54%, the acceptance rate makes University of Montevallo a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 6,280 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 54%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 27% 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. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,087 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,890 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,471 at $0–30k, $21,873 at $110k+. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $13,669 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 51% of students.
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 · 499 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 | $14,471 |
| $30–48k | $16,104 |
| $48–75k | $18,615 |
| $75–110k | $20,357 |
| $110k+ | $21,873 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,055 of these 2,087 students, totalling $6,835,081 — an average of $6,479 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shelby 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)