Xavier University
Private College in Cincinnati, OH. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $64,873.
A decade after enrolling, the median Xavier University student earns $64,873 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $23,250 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 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Xavier University takes nearly everyone who applies. 14,631 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Yield is low at 7%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 13% 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 | 553–660 | 122 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 550–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–29 | 260 (28%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 69% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate population is 4,758 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,729 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $33,623 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The income table below is the number that matters — $26,728 at $0–30k versus $35,451 at $110k+. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $29,222, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 53% of students.
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 · 1,225 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 | $26,728 |
| $30–48k | $28,201 |
| $48–75k | $32,175 |
| $75–110k | $33,824 |
| $110k+ | $35,451 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,500 of these 4,729 students, totalling $17,189,851 — an average of $6,876 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hamilton 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)