College · Private nonprofit · Wilson, NC · Town
Barton College
Wilson, NC
Religious affiliation
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size982
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.
If you get in
982 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $52k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$208k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$95k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$113k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.3k
- Room & board
- $14.1k
- Books & supplies
- $674
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans64%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
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
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 982
- Location
- Wilson, NC
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White49%
- Black33%
- Hispanic10%
- International5%
- Asian1%
- Two or more races1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$38k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 28
What you can study.