College · Private nonprofit · Brevard, NC · Town
Brevard College
Brevard, NC
Religious affiliation
Admit rate42%
6-yr median pay$34k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size815
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $34k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 42% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1060.
If you get in
815 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 $47k/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$189k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$94k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$95k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $32.3k
- Room & board
- $14.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants41%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans69%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
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 yr49%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$34k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$44k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out12%
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
- 815
- Location
- Brevard, 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 · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, 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.
- White62%
- Black16%
- Hispanic8%
- International7%
- Two or more races6%
- Unknown1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students29%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$42k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 24
What you can study.