- The Inkwell
- Georgia
- Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, GASuburb: largeZIP 30750Founded 1955
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1955
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.covenant.edu
GeorgiaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Covenant College
Covenant College is a private nonprofit college in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, with 939 undergraduates. It admits 86% of applicants, graduates 69% within six years and costs $23,147 a year after aid.
69%graduate
Admission rate86%
Retention88%
4-year graduation54%
Pell Grant share25%
Federal loans35%
$23,147net price / year
86%admission rate
1294average SAT
69%graduate in 6 years
$53,280median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,944median debt
#1,105 of 1,704 for earnings#1,106 of 1,739 for lowest net price#416 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,060 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $59,925tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $43,668
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $43,668
- Average net price
- $23,147national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,779
$30,001–48,000$16,384
$48,001–75,000$18,157
$75,001–110,000$20,572
$110,001+$28,219
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 86%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1294
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 600–710
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 560–670
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 23–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college86%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college69%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college25%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 69%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 54%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 71%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,962
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $53,280middle 50%: $35,599–$76,902
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,944
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$76,902
Median, Covenant College$53,280
Lower quarter$35,599
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 939
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 19.6
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 25%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,555 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,737
- Endowment, end of year
- $64,939,767
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White85%
Hispanic4.2%
Black1.4%
Asian3.2%
Two or more races1.6%
U.S. nonresident3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.6%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management16%
Social sciences13%
Psychology10%
Biological & biomedical sciences9.0%
English language & literature8.5%
Education8.1%
Visual & performing arts8.1%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies7.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 139393. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5178987.