BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofit

Newberry College

Newberry, South Carolina·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·newberry.edu
6-yr Graduation
45%
+16.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
1,536
peer median 1,358
Avg net price
$20,351
+$1.3k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
4,683
4,683 candidates competed
Admitted
4,205
89.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
433
10.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
45%+16.0pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
32%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
45%
Full-time retention
69%

Pell equity

24.0pp gap
Pell recipients
38%
Non-Pell
62%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 24.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 61 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 54 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
61
Passing
7
11.5% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

61programs
  • Passing7 · 11.5%
  • No Data54 · 88.5%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
6
No data
54

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

7
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+15.8%
$38,192 vs $32,989
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+26.1%
$41,585 vs $32,989
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+27.6%
$42,108 vs $32,989
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
+41.3%
$46,620 vs $32,989
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+66.0%
$54,747 vs $32,989
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+83.3%
$60,460 vs $32,989
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+119.2%
$72,303 vs $32,989

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

6
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
73%
$30,375 debt · $41,585 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
71%
$27,000 debt · $38,192 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
60%
$25,118 debt · $42,108 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
47%
$25,965 debt · $54,747 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
38%
$23,225 debt · $60,460 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
32%
$23,250 debt · $72,303 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1936Next review Jun 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 11

  1. Nov 2024Deny Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Nov 2023Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2022Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$18,692
$30–48k$18,786
$48–75k$22,439
$75–110k$18,277
$110k+$23,338

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$20,351
+$1,285vs Baccalaureate median $19,066
Federal loans
75.4%
In-state tuition
$30,050
Out-of-state
$30,050

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 852 students received $5.5M in Pell grants, alongside $11.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
852
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.5M
$5,467,183 total
Direct Loans
$11.7M
2,261 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.3M
885 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.8M
1,062 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$370K
29 loan awards
Parent PLUS$4.2M
283 loan awards
Grad PLUS$9K
2 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 345 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (1.4%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.4%
-0.9pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
345
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
15.3%
2017
16.3%
2018
11.3%
2019
1.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Newberry College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs53
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

264 total completions
01Business
6424.2%
02Parks/Recreation
5420.5%
03Health Professions
4918.6%
04Biological Sciences
207.6%
05Visual/Performing Arts
207.6%
06Security/Protective
186.8%
07Psychology
155.7%
08Education
134.9%
09Social Sciences
72.7%
10Communication
41.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,536
12-mo unduplicated
1,651
Undergraduate
1,580
Graduate
71

Gender split

Men
54%891
Women
46%760

Race / ethnicity composition

White
48.8%
Black
33.4%
Unknown
5.5%
Non-resident
4.0%
Hispanic
3.3%
Two or more
2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.4%
Asian
0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
801
512 M · 289 W
Women athletes
36.1%
Athletic aid
$5.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$11.5M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$3.2M
$1.9M
Recruiting expense
$68K
$31K
Head-coach salaries
$67K
$46K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Football
223 M ·
$2.2M
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
111 M · 89 W
$834K
Lacrosse
81 M · 37 W
$1.0M
Soccer
46 M · 33 W
$829K
Other Sports
· 59 W
$526K
Baseball
57 M ·
$628K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
5.34
7 offenses · 1,312 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago6.441 yr ago5.34Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
15
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
5
Robbery
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

7total
  • On campus7

Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons11
Drugs210
Liquor04

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
73

Newberry College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Newberry College selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectNewberry College
45%1,536$20,351Baccalaureate
Benedict College
24%95.7%1,691$17,781Baccalaureate
Limestone University
34%97.3%1,807$20,415Baccalaureate
Voorhees University
43%65.4%578$15,411Baccalaureate
Miles College
16%1,180$14,514Baccalaureate
Morris College
17%383$20,375Baccalaureate
Peer group median29%95.7%1,358$19,066

Frequently asked questions about Newberry College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Newberry College.

What is the graduation rate at Newberry College?

Newberry College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 45% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Newberry College?

Newberry College reports a total enrollment of 1,536 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Newberry College?

The average net price at Newberry College is $20,351 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Newberry College?

Newberry College's yield rate is 10.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Newberry College located?

Newberry College is located in Newberry, South Carolina 29108.

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