College · Private nonprofit · Leesburg, FL · Suburb
Beacon College
Leesburg, FL
Admit rate43%
6-yr median pay$20k
Net price / yr$54k
Undergrad size506
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $54k/yr for a shot at a $20k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 43% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
506 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $71k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $54k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$283k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$214k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$69k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback10.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $51.7k
- Room & board
- $15.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans35%
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?
Graduation · 6 yr60%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$20k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$29k
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
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 506
- Location
- Leesburg, FL
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White67%
- Black14%
- Hispanic9%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races3%
- International2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students19%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$44k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 10
What you can study.