Colleges / Gardner-Webb University
College · Private nonprofit · Boiling Springs, NC · Rural
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Gardner-Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Religious affiliation
AddressMain St, Boiling Springs, NC 28017-0997
Websitewww.gardner-webb.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate77%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,856
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 77% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1113 · ACT 21.

If you get in

1,856 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 $47k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$188k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$71k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$118k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$34.8k
Room & board
$11.4k
Books & supplies
$1,000

How students pay for it.

Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans47%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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 retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr55%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out36%
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
1,856
Location
Boiling Springs, NC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Size & setting
Four-year · 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
GWU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White49%
  • Unknown27%
  • Black16%
  • Hispanic4%
  • Two or more races3%
  • Asian1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time12%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$36k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 39

What you can study.

Colleges / Gardner-Webb University
College · Private nonprofit · Boiling Springs, NC · Rural
G

Gardner-Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Religious affiliation
AddressMain St, Boiling Springs, NC 28017-0997
Websitewww.gardner-webb.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate77%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,856
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 77% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1113 · ACT 21.

If you get in

1,856 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 $47k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$188k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$71k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$118k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$34.8k
Room & board
$11.4k
Books & supplies
$1,000

How students pay for it.

Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans47%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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 retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr55%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out36%
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
1,856
Location
Boiling Springs, NC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Size & setting
Four-year · 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
GWU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White49%
  • Unknown27%
  • Black16%
  • Hispanic4%
  • Two or more races3%
  • Asian1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time12%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$36k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 39

What you can study.