Piedmont University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 70 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 59 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing11 · 15.7%
- No Data59 · 84.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 9
- Apr 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
- Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Feb 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Feb 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 579 students received $3.3M in Pell grants, alongside $18.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 892 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Piedmont
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Piedmont vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Piedmont selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPiedmont University | 47% | — | 1,857 | $20,599 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 38% | 93.0% | 2,714 | $29,791 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 61% | 62.1% | 1,599 | $30,857 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 48% | 84.6% | 2,256 | $20,689 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 51% | 99.4% | 1,553 | $25,491 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| — | 40.2% | 815 | $18,405 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 48% | 84.6% | 1,728 | $23,090 |
Institutions like Piedmont
Explore the federal data for institutions in Piedmont's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsGeorgia
Life University
Grad rate38%Admit rate93.0%Enrollment2,714Net price$29,791View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNorth Carolina
Queens University of Charlotte
Grad rate61%Admit rate62.1%Enrollment1,599Net price$30,857View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNorth Carolina
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Grad rate48%Admit rate84.6%Enrollment2,256Net price$20,689View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsKentucky
Spalding University
Grad rate51%Admit rate99.4%Enrollment1,553Net price$25,491View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsFlorida
Florida Institute of Technology-Online
Grad rate—Admit rate40.2%Enrollment815Net price$18,405View data
Piedmont Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
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Visit IR office page- Jody AndersonDirector, Institutional Research
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