Wilmington College
Private College in Wilmington, OH. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $48,491.
Students who entered Wilmington College land at a median of $48,491 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $24,208, 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
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 1,578, typical for a school of this reach. About 20% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 4% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 450–610 | 11 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 400–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–23 | 169 (58%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 47% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 12:1 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 924 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,548 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($19,820 versus $27,149), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $20,356 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 76% 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 · 262 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 | $19,820 |
| $30–48k | $21,434 |
| $48–75k | $21,559 |
| $75–110k | $27,017 |
| $110k+ | $27,149 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 703 of these 924 students, totalling $4,915,480 — an average of $6,992 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clinton 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)