- The Inkwell
- Alabama
- Miles College
Fairfield, ALSuburb: largeZIP 35064Founded 1898
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1898
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1985
- Website
- www.miles.edu
AlabamaHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Miles College
Miles College is a private nonprofit college in Fairfield, Alabama, with 1,155 undergraduates. It graduates 19% within six years and costs $16,497 a year after aid.
19%graduate
Retention56%
4-year graduation13%
Pell Grant share85%
Federal loans84%
$16,497net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
19%graduate in 6 years
$38,127median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,500median debt
#1,613 of 1,704 for earnings#602 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,659 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
- $23,527tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $13,264
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $13,264
- Average net price
- $16,497national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000$16,497
$75,001–110,000$16,497
$110,001+—
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 college56%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college19%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college85%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 19%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 13%
- First-year retention
- 56%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 25%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,819
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,127middle 50%: $20,962–$56,617
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$56,617
Median, Miles College$38,127
Lower quarter$20,962
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
- 1,155
- Part-time
- 3.1%
- Women / men
- 48% / 52%
- Average age at entry
- 21.3
- First-generation students
- 42%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 85%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 44%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,420 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,612
- Endowment, end of year
- $30,341,252
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White3.3%
Hispanic2.0%
Black93%
Asian0.2%
Two or more races0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown0.3%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management30%
Biological & biomedical sciences17%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting14%
Psychology7.0%
Family & consumer sciences5.8%
Public administration & social service5.8%
Communication & journalism5.3%
Education4.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 101675. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q2272814.