College · Private nonprofit · Pottersville, NY · Rural
Davis College
Pottersville, NY
Religious affiliation
Admit rate56%
6-yr median pay$30k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size106
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $30k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 56% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
106 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 $25k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$99k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$52k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$48k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $18.0k
- Room & board
- $10.8k
- Books & supplies
- $600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans23%
Share taking out federal student loans.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr27%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$30k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$38k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out53%
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
- 106
- Location
- Pottersville, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White75%
- Black8%
- Hispanic8%
- Two or more races5%
- Asian3%
- Unknown3%
First-gen students27%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time34%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$30k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.