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 5.2-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 18 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 18 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data18 · 100.0%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 6
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2020Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2019Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2018Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualitySouthern 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, 156 students received $923K in Pell grants, alongside $2.1M 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 117 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.8%) 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 Sweet Briar College
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
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
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Gender identity2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Sweet Briar College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Sweet Briar College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSweet Briar College | 52% | — | 444 | $17,758 | Baccalaureate |
| 74% | 77.4% | 425 | — | Baccalaureate | |
| 62% | 40.9% | 946 | $22,400 | Baccalaureate | |
| 46% | 93.7% | 816 | $15,921 | Baccalaureate | |
| 65% | 68.0% | 761 | $20,896 | Baccalaureate | |
| 33% | 96.4% | 936 | $22,213 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 57% | 77.4% | 789 | $20,896 |
Institutions like Sweet Briar College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Sweet Briar College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateVirginia
Patrick Henry College
Grad rate74%Admit rate77.4%Enrollment425Net price—View data - BaccalaureateVirginia
Hampden-Sydney College
Grad rate62%Admit rate40.9%Enrollment946Net price$22,400View data - BaccalaureateVirginia
Randolph College
Grad rate46%Admit rate93.7%Enrollment816Net price$15,921View data - BaccalaureateVirginia
Hollins University
Grad rate65%Admit rate68.0%Enrollment761Net price$20,896View data - BaccalaureateVirginia
Southern Virginia University
Grad rate33%Admit rate96.4%Enrollment936Net price$22,213View data
Sweet Briar College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness upholds Sweet Briar’s mission, vision, and effectiveness by enabling integrated strategic planning, assessment, institutional intelligence and reporting to support data-informed decision making, policy formation, budgeting, programming and continuous improvement.
Visit IR office page- Kimberly SinhaDirector of Institutional Effectiveness
Common Data Set
Sweet Briar College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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