- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- Curry College
Milton, MASuburb: largeZIP 02186Founded 1879
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1879
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.curry.edu
MassachusettsPrivate nonprofit
Curry College
Curry College is a private nonprofit college in Milton, Massachusetts, with 1,780 undergraduates. It admits 88% of applicants, graduates 50% within six years and costs $30,155 a year after aid.
50%graduate
Admission rate88%
Retention66%
4-year graduation44%
Pell Grant share37%
Federal loans89%
$30,155net price / year
88%admission rate
1125average SAT
50%graduate in 6 years
$69,321median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,000median debt
#416 of 1,704 for earnings#1,461 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,037 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,102 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
- $66,355tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $49,420
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $49,420
- Average net price
- $30,155national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$26,118
$30,001–48,000$24,451
$48,001–75,000$27,237
$75,001–110,000$32,089
$110,001+$35,099
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 88%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1125
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 530–620
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 520–610
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college88%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college66%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college50%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college37%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 50%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 66%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 56%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $56,232
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $69,321middle 50%: $45,295–$99,031
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$99,031
Median, Curry College$69,321
Lower quarter$45,295
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
- 1,780
- Part-time
- 5.6%
- Women / men
- 57% / 43%
- Average age at entry
- 22.3
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 36%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,385 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $15,345
- Endowment, end of year
- $88,484,075
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White56%
Hispanic14%
Black15%
Asian2.5%
Two or more races3.7%
U.S. nonresident1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown7.0%
13 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions35%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting14%
Business & management12%
Psychology8.8%
Communication & journalism7.6%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.4%
Education4.2%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies3.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 165529. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5195204.