Young Harris College
Private College in Young Harris, GA. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $47,195.
Students who entered Young Harris College land at a median of $47,195 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 42%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. 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
- ! Mobility score 0.3 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
63% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. Only 1,384 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 25% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 832 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,969 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,721 at $0–30k against $25,053 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $27,811, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 55% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 240 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 | $19,721 |
| $30–48k | $17,986 |
| $48–75k | $20,095 |
| $75–110k | $22,992 |
| $110k+ | $25,053 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 459 of these 832 students, totalling $2,933,460 — an average of $6,391 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Towns 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)