- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VARural: fringeZIP 24595Founded 1901
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1901
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.sbc.edu
- Member of
- WCC
VirginiaWomen's collegePrivate nonprofit
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar College is a private nonprofit college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, with 443 undergraduates. It admits 76% of applicants, graduates 57% within six years and costs $21,856 a year after aid.
57%graduate
Admission rate76%
Retention69%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share34%
Federal loans49%
$21,856net price / year
76%admission rate
1230average SAT
57%graduate in 6 years
$54,986median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,500median debt
#1,026 of 1,704 for earnings#1,011 of 1,739 for lowest net price#771 of 1,738 for graduation rate#720 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
- $45,462tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $27,680
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $27,680
- Average net price
- $21,856national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,837
$30,001–48,000$15,967
$48,001–75,000$19,961
$75,001–110,000$24,524
$110,001+$31,663
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 76%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 560–670
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 540–640
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college76%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college69%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college57%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college34%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 57%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 53%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,629
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,986middle 50%: $36,364–$78,485
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$78,485
Median, Sweet Briar College$54,986
Lower quarter$36,364
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
- 443
- Part-time
- 0.9%
- Women / men
- 100% / 0%
- Average age at entry
- 20.5
- First-generation students
- 23%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 62%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,914 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $22,377
- Endowment, end of year
- $70,096,817
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White70%
Hispanic6.3%
Black8.3%
Asian2.9%
Two or more races0.7%
U.S. nonresident8.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.8%
13 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Biological & biomedical sciences19%
Business & management19%
Social sciences12%
Engineering11%
Visual & performing arts11%
Psychology6.9%
History5.9%
English language & literature4.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 233718. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7655237.