- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VACity: smallZIP 22802Founded 1917
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1917
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- emu.edu
VirginiaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University is a private nonprofit university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with 754 undergraduates. It admits 100% of applicants, graduates 60% within six years and costs $24,731 a year after aid.
60%graduate
Admission rate100%
Retention76%
4-year graduation48%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans57%
$24,731net price / year
100%admission rate
—average SAT
60%graduate in 6 years
$58,912median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,124median debt
#848 of 1,704 for earnings#1,206 of 1,739 for lowest net price#669 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,533 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
- $58,346tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $45,650
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $45,650
- Average net price
- $24,731national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$23,310
$30,001–48,000$20,159
$48,001–75,000$19,983
$75,001–110,000$26,301
$110,001+$31,687
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 100%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college100%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college76%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college60%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 60%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 48%
- First-year retention
- 76%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,980
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $58,912middle 50%: $40,767–$87,593
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,124
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$87,593
Median, Eastern Mennonite University$58,912
Lower quarter$40,767
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
- 754
- Part-time
- 2.5%
- Women / men
- 56% / 44%
- Average age at entry
- 22.9
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 96%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,452 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,697
- Endowment, end of year
- $46,225,730
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White51%
Hispanic16%
Black15%
Asian2.2%
Two or more races4.5%
U.S. nonresident6.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown5.6%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions23%
Business & management19%
Biological & biomedical sciences9.8%
Psychology7.4%
Liberal arts & humanities6.9%
Engineering6.4%
Public administration & social service4.4%
Social sciences4.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 232043. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1278210.