- The Inkwell
- Maryland
- Goucher College
Baltimore, MDCity: smallZIP 21204Founded 1885
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1885
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.goucher.edu
MarylandPrivate nonprofit
Goucher College
Goucher College is a private nonprofit college in Baltimore, Maryland, with 964 undergraduates. It admits 78% of applicants, graduates 56% within six years and costs $25,526 a year after aid.
56%graduate
Admission rate78%
Retention79%
4-year graduation43%
Pell Grant share37%
Federal loans53%
$25,526net price / year
78%admission rate
1248average SAT
56%graduate in 6 years
$59,069median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,991median debt
#837 of 1,704 for earnings#1,261 of 1,739 for lowest net price#803 of 1,738 for graduation rate#792 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
- $73,198tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $55,300
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $55,300
- Average net price
- $25,526national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$19,803
$30,001–48,000$25,139
$48,001–75,000$23,039
$75,001–110,000$21,962
$110,001+$34,546
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 78%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1248
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 560–680
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 530–645
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college78%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college56%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college37%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 56%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 43%
- First-year retention
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 63%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,245
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,069middle 50%: $37,871–$82,070
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,991
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$82,070
Median, Goucher College$59,069
Lower quarter$37,871
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
- 964
- Part-time
- 3.5%
- Women / men
- 64% / 36%
- Average age at entry
- 21.0
- First-generation students
- 18%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 56%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,359 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $17,884
- Endowment, end of year
- $292,650,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White46%
Hispanic2.5%
Black32%
Asian4.9%
U.S. nonresident6.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown7.8%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Psychology15%
Social sciences13%
English language & literature12%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Communication & journalism7.0%
Visual & performing arts7.0%
Business & management6.5%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies5.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 162654. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4134258.