Winthrop University
Public College in Rock Hill, SC. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $47,185.
Ten years after entry, the median Winthrop University student earns $47,185 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $26,975 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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 79% puts Winthrop University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 7,552, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 15%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 31% 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 | 520–630 | 276 (31%) |
| SAT Math | 490–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–27 | 127 (14%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 57% finish inside six years. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 20% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,424 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,108 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,608 at the $0–30k band to $21,359 at $110k+. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $14,698 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 60% 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 · 864 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 | $12,608 |
| $30–48k | $12,983 |
| $48–75k | $13,966 |
| $75–110k | $18,518 |
| $110k+ | $21,359 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,057 of these 3,424 students, totalling $14,063,380 — an average of $6,837 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (York 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)