College · Private nonprofit · Paxton, MA · Rural
Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate50%
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size906
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 50% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
906 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $62k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$248k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$113k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$134k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $44.6k
- Room & board
- $17.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants34%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 906
- Location
- Paxton, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White47%
- Black17%
- Hispanic15%
- Unknown15%
- International3%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time14%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$53k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33
What you can study.