Western New
England University
Private College in Springfield, MA. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $73,157.
A decade after enrolling, the median Western New England University student earns $73,157 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate is 64%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $25,500 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 2.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Western New England University accepts 83% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 7,567 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 13% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 15% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 540–650 | 120 (15%) |
| SAT Math | 550–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–28 | 10 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 64%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Transfer-out runs to 24% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,508 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,056 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,726 at the $0–30k band to $29,794 at $110k+. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $28,127 on average. Most students borrow — 80% 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 · 730 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 | $20,726 |
| $30–48k | $22,471 |
| $48–75k | $25,205 |
| $75–110k | $28,660 |
| $110k+ | $29,794 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,014 of these 2,508 students, totalling $13,377,365 — an average of $6,642 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hampden 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)