BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofit

Point University

West Point, Georgia·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·point.edu
6-yr Graduation
34%
-6.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
2,260
peer median 1,799
Avg net price
$20,752
-$616 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
958
958 candidates competed
Admitted
424
44.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
352
83.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
34%-6.0pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
18%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
38%
Full-time retention
74%

Pell equity

25.0pp gap
Pell recipients
25%
Non-Pell
0%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

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

Of 50 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 45 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
50
Passing
5
10.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

50programs
  • Passing5 · 10.0%
  • No Data45 · 90.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
4
No data
45

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.

5
Bible/Biblical Studies
Bachelor Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
+20.1%
$38,672 vs $32,203
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+26.1%
$40,621 vs $32,203
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
+35.6%
$43,682 vs $32,203
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+55.6%
$50,094 vs $32,203
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+72.7%
$55,626 vs $32,203

Debt vs earnings

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

5
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
107%
$43,635 debt · $40,621 earn
Bible/Biblical Studies
Bachelor Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
66%
$25,487 debt · $38,672 earn
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
59%
$25,625 debt · $43,682 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
52%
$26,259 debt · $50,094 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
44%
$24,250 debt · $55,626 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 1990Next review Dec 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 6

  1. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Jun 2023Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning Removed
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jun 2022Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jun 2022Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    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$20,237
$30–48k$21,103
$48–75k$19,802
$75–110k$21,409
$110k+$22,350

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

Avg net price (private)
$20,752
-$615vs Baccalaureate median $21,368
Federal loans
24.0%
In-state tuition
$22,300
Out-of-state
$22,300

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 1,045 students received $5.0M in Pell grants, alongside $4.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,045
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.0M
$4,975,388 total
Direct Loans
$4.4M
858 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$1.4M
373 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.3M
364 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$441K
32 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.3M
88 loan awards
Grad PLUS$15K
1 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 598 borrowers who entered repayment, 25 (4.1%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.1%
+1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
598
Defaulted
25
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
12.3%
2017
18.2%
2018
14.0%
2019
4.1%
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 Point

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs37
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

187 total completions
01Business
8847.1%
02Psychology
2010.7%
03Family/Consumer Sci
1910.2%
04Security/Protective
179.1%
05Theology
94.8%
06Biological Sciences
94.8%
07Health Professions
84.3%
08Parks/Recreation
73.7%
09Education
73.7%
10Public Admin
31.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
2,260
12-mo unduplicated
3,585
Undergraduate
3,296
Graduate
289

Gender split

Men
46%1,641
Women
54%1,944

Race / ethnicity composition

White
55.4%
Black
18.0%
Hispanic
13.6%
Unknown
8.6%
Asian
2.2%
Two or more
1.1%
Non-resident
0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
436
281 M · 155 W
Women athletes
35.6%
Athletic aid
$3.3M
Total student aid
Budget
$6.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.1M
$1.1M
Recruiting expense
$23K
$13K
Head-coach salaries
$43K
$42K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Football
106 M ·
$1.3M
Soccer
36 M · 35 W
$714K
Baseball
52 M ·
$617K
Basketball
20 M · 16 W
$632K
Golf
18 M · 12 W
$505K
Cross Country
17 M · 12 W
$252K

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
0.50
1 offenses · 2,015 students

3-year trend

0.512 yrs ago0.601 yr ago0.50Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
3
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
11
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
4
Stalking
4 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons11
Drugs610
Liquor13

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 4 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

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)
54

Point vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Point 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
SubjectPoint University
34%2,260$20,752Baccalaureate
Toccoa Falls College
42%66.0%3,067$20,133Baccalaureate
Truett McConnell University
38%78.3%2,615$22,328Baccalaureate
Brewton-Parker College
17%96.5%1,338$21,983Baccalaureate
Reinhardt University
44%61.5%1,233$27,769Baccalaureate
Wesleyan College
45%59.1%531$14,528Baccalaureate
Peer group median40%66.0%1,799$21,368

Frequently asked questions about Point University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Point.

What is the graduation rate at Point University?

Point University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 34% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Point University?

Point University reports a total enrollment of 2,260 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Point University?

The average net price at Point University is $20,752 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Point University?

Point University's yield rate is 83.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Point University located?

Point University is located in West Point, Georgia 31833.

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