University of
Mount Olive
Private College in Mount Olive, NC. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $47,139.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,139 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 51%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,209, 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
University of Mount Olive accepts 76% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool runs to 1,926, typical for a school of this reach. A 20% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 10% of enrolled first-years who submitted an ACT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 18–24 | 28 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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51% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 29% 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 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,754 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,853 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $18,227 at $0–30k, $21,498 at $110k+. Most students get help: 89% receive grants worth $13,587 on average. 76% 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 · 269 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 | $18,227 |
| $30–48k | $16,066 |
| $48–75k | $20,923 |
| $75–110k | $15,250 |
| $110k+ | $21,498 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,335 of these 1,754 students, totalling $8,725,843 — an average of $6,536 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne 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)