- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Hollins University
Roanoke, VASuburb: midsizeZIP 24020Founded 1842
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1842
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.hollins.edu
- Member of
- WCC
VirginiaWomen's collegePrivate nonprofit
Hollins University
Hollins University is a private nonprofit university in Roanoke, Virginia, with 665 undergraduates. It admits 68% of applicants, graduates 69% within six years and costs $20,875 a year after aid.
69%graduate
Admission rate68%
Retention74%
4-year graduation64%
Pell Grant share45%
Federal loans58%
$20,875net price / year
68%admission rate
1230average SAT
69%graduate in 6 years
$48,102median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#1,339 of 1,704 for earnings#935 of 1,739 for lowest net price#412 of 1,738 for graduation rate#516 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
- $60,566tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $44,640
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $44,640
- Average net price
- $20,875national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,943
$30,001–48,000$19,652
$48,001–75,000$20,896
$75,001–110,000$24,215
$110,001+$27,264
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 68%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 610–700
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 540–640
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college68%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college74%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college69%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college45%
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
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 74%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 68%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,213
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,102middle 50%: $33,783–$64,438
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$64,438
Median, Hollins University$48,102
Lower quarter$33,783
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
- 665
- Part-time
- 0.6%
- Women / men
- 100% / 0%
- Average age at entry
- 20.3
- First-generation students
- 26%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 62%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,276 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $19,506
- Endowment, end of year
- $303,839,322
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White60%
Hispanic12%
Black16%
Asian1.8%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident5.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown0.4%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts18%
English language & literature14%
Biological & biomedical sciences13%
Psychology11%
Social sciences11%
Natural resources & conservation6.3%
Foreign languages & linguistics5.7%
History5.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 232308. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q12060410.