College · Private nonprofit · Greensboro, NC · City
Bennett College
Greensboro, NC
HBCUWomen-onlyReligious affiliation
Admit rate51%
6-yr median pay$23k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size178
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $23k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 51% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 925.
If you get in
178 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $41k/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$165k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$113k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$52k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $19.1k
- Room & board
- $9.8k
- Books & supplies
- $422
How students pay for it.
Pell grants73%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans68%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$28k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr25%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$23k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$37k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out61%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 178
- Location
- Greensboro, NC
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
- Also known as
- Bennett College / Bennett
Identity
HBCUWomen-onlyReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black72%
- Two or more races18%
- International3%
- Hispanic3%
- Unknown2%
- White1%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$26k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 16
What you can study.