College · Private nonprofit · Washington, DC · City
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
Admit rate58%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size812
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $37k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 58% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 868 · ACT 17.
If you get in
812 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 $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$161k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$63k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$98k
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
- $19.7k
- Room & board
- $15.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants58%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans38%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$18k
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 retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr47%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$43k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out17%
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
- 812
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Gallaudet University
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White41%
- Hispanic26%
- Black18%
- Asian5%
- International4%
- Unknown3%
- Two or more races2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$22k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 34
What you can study.