Winthrop 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 37.1-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 66 Title IV programs, 28 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 38 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing28 · 42.4%
- No Data38 · 57.6%
- 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 · 7
Action history · 18
- Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: DegreeSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern 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, 1,879 students received $11.6M in Pell grants, alongside $31.2M 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 1,507 borrowers who entered repayment, 32 (2.1%) 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 Winthrop
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 · 8
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 campus15
- Non-campus4
Includes 5 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
Data quality: 4 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Winthrop vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Winthrop 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWinthrop University | 57% | — | 4,894 | $15,343 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 75% | 22.7% | 3,793 | $20,723 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 48% | 75.3% | 11,348 | $13,966 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 17% | — | 5,646 | $8,370 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 36% | 44.9% | 5,150 | $19,809 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 44% | 75.3% | 4,732 | $14,027 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 46% | 60.1% | 5,022 | $14,685 |
Institutions like Winthrop
Explore the federal data for institutions in Winthrop's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsSouth Carolina
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Grad rate75%Admit rate22.7%Enrollment3,793Net price$20,723View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsSouth Carolina
Coastal Carolina University
Grad rate48%Admit rate75.3%Enrollment11,348Net price$13,966View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsArkansas
University of Arkansas Grantham
Grad rate17%Admit rate—Enrollment5,646Net price$8,370View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsLouisiana
Grambling State University
Grad rate36%Admit rate44.9%Enrollment5,150Net price$19,809View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsArkansas
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Grad rate44%Admit rate75.3%Enrollment4,732Net price$14,027View data
Winthrop Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Department of Institutional Effectiveness supports the University’s mission by providing leadership in the areas of institutional research, accreditation, assessment, and academic program review.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Noreen GaubatzAssistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and SACSCOC Liaison
- Maria LinnDirector of Institutional Research
- Dr. KB GwebuDirector of Assessment
- Kelly ScottSenior Data Analyst
- Nancy ScurryBusiness, Personnel & Budget Analyst
- Dr. Zach AbernathyEducational Data Scientist and Professor of Mathematics
Common Data Set
Winthrop's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C16,171 applied → 5,110 admitted (82.8%) → 885 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 82.8% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1020–1210 (median 1120).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 20–26 (median 23).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Where grant aid comes from
H120% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H575% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $31,441 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I346% of classes have under 20 students; 2% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~14% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D11,005 transfer applicants → 597 admitted (59.4%) → 358 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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