Westminster College
Private College in Fulton, MO. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $52,199.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $52,199 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 56%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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
79% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,654 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 10% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 5% 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 | 480–630 | 10 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 510–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–24 | 90 (42%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 56% finish inside six years. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 593 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,358 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $24,543 at $0–30k against $26,066 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $26,074. Borrowing is widespread: 91% take federal loans.
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 · 159 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 | $24,543 |
| $30–48k | $17,050 |
| $48–75k | $22,123 |
| $75–110k | $24,957 |
| $110k+ | $26,066 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 541 of these 593 students, totalling $3,498,002 — an average of $6,466 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Callaway 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)