Warner University
Private College in Lake Wales, FL. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $46,086.
Ten years after entry, the median Warner University student earns $46,086 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 42%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $22,250 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
Warner University admits 43% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in five applicants are turned away. Only 1,259 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 46% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. The score bands below rest on the 35% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT 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 | 410–540 | 88 (35%) |
| SAT Math | 380–530 | |
| ACT Composite | 14–20 | 60 (24%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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42% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Just 44% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 800 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 754 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,888 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,853 at $0–30k, $23,060 at $110k+. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $19,700, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 57% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 255 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 | $17,853 |
| $30–48k | $18,884 |
| $48–75k | $21,526 |
| $75–110k | $18,958 |
| $110k+ | $23,060 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 429 of these 754 students, totalling $3,436,021 — an average of $8,009 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Polk 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)