- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Mary Baldwin University
Staunton, VACity: smallZIP 24401Founded 1842
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1842
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.marybaldwin.edu
- Member of
- WCC
VirginiaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Mary Baldwin University
Mary Baldwin University is a private nonprofit university in Staunton, Virginia, with 1,090 undergraduates. It graduates 38% within six years and costs $15,810 a year after aid.
38%graduate
Retention67%
4-year graduation30%
Pell Grant share58%
Federal loans67%
$15,810net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
38%graduate in 6 years
$48,703median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#1,315 of 1,704 for earnings#547 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,396 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $48,338tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $35,357
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $35,357
- Average net price
- $15,810national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,405
$30,001–48,000$11,974
$48,001–75,000$17,927
$75,001–110,000$17,959
$110,001+$16,440
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college67%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college38%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college58%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 38%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 30%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 77%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,884
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,703middle 50%: $32,286–$66,078
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$66,078
Median, Mary Baldwin University$48,703
Lower quarter$32,286
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
- 1,090
- Part-time
- 17%
- Women / men
- 75% / 25%
- Average age at entry
- 25.0
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 30%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,926 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,160
- Endowment, end of year
- $33,785,553
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic9.3%
Black26%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races5.4%
U.S. nonresident2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown8.0%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management20%
Health professions16%
Social sciences12%
Psychology11%
Public administration & social service11%
Liberal arts & humanities8.6%
Education4.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.3%
keep comparing
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 232672. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6778997.