College · Private nonprofit · Mount Vernon, GA · Rural
Brewton-Parker College
Mount Vernon, GA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate96%
6-yr median pay$36k
Net price / yr$26k
Undergrad size774
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $26k/yr for a shot at a $36k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 96% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 21.
If you get in
774 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $39k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $26k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$156k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$104k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$51k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.1k
- Room & board
- $11.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,941
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
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: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention42%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr21%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$36k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$42k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out54%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 774
- Location
- Mount Vernon, GA
- 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, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- BPC
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White39%
- Black37%
- Hispanic11%
- Two or more races5%
- International5%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time20%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$31k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 20
What you can study.