- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Patrick Henry College
Purcellville, VATown: fringeZIP 20132Founded 2000
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2005
- Website
- www.phc.edu
VirginiaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Patrick Henry College
Patrick Henry College is a private nonprofit college in Purcellville, Virginia, with 395 undergraduates. It admits 77% of applicants and graduates 74% within six years.
74%graduate
Admission rate77%
Retention88%
4-year graduation65%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans13%
—net price / year
77%admission rate
1352average SAT
74%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#281 of 1,738 for graduation rate#786 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
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $28,420
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $28,420
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 77%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1352
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 660–740
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 580–680
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college77%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college74%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 74%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 65%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 63%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Patrick Henry College—
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
- 395
- Part-time
- 5.3%
- Women / men
- 45% / 55%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 40%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,341 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,211
- Endowment, end of year
- $3,241,105
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White63%
Hispanic5.6%
Black1.8%
Asian5.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.0%
Unknown23%
8 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Military technologies28%
Social sciences26%
Communication & journalism14%
Business & management11%
English language & literature7.5%
Liberal arts & humanities6.2%
Natural resources & conservation3.8%
History3.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 451927. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q741892.