Welch College
Private College in Gallatin, TN. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $42,198.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,198 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 63%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $19,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate 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
Academics
Completion is middling: 63% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 260 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,157 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,590 at $0–30k, $27,512 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 91% of students receive it, averaging $12,907. Most students borrow — 73% 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 · 69 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 | $25,590 |
| $30–48k | $18,289 |
| $48–75k | $23,219 |
| $75–110k | $26,783 |
| $110k+ | $27,512 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 190 of these 260 students, totalling $1,213,676 — an average of $6,388 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sumner County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)