William Peace University
Private College in Raleigh, NC. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $46,643.
Ten years after entry, the median William Peace University student earns $46,643 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 45%, 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
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
William Peace University admits 94% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. With 1,044 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 11% 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 | 545–630 | 19 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 535–595 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–27 | 19 (11%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 45% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 38% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 661 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,216 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,779 at $0–30k versus $30,565 at $110k+. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $22,185, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 50% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 | $15,779 |
| $30–48k | $18,233 |
| $48–75k | $20,429 |
| $75–110k | $23,046 |
| $110k+ | $30,565 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 333 of these 661 students, totalling $2,384,577 — an average of $7,161 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wake 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)