College · Private nonprofit · Owensboro, KY · City
Brescia University
Owensboro, KY
Religious affiliation
Admit rate35%
6-yr median pay$40k
Net price / yr$9k
Undergrad size545
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $9k/yr for a shot at a $40k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 35% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average ACT 22.
If you get in
545 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 $44k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $9k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$177k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$35k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$142k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $31.6k
- Room & board
- $13.2k
- Books & supplies
- $3,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants43%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans52%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$29k
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 retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$40k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
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
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 545
- Location
- Owensboro, KY
- 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 · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White58%
- Black13%
- Unknown12%
- International8%
- Hispanic6%
- Asian3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time12%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$34k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 30
What you can study.