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Bennett College

Bennett College is a private campus in Greensboro proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. It is one of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities — a federally recognized designation. The federal record classifies Bennett College as a women-only institution; check current eligibility with admissions. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income (partial)

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$21,663

family income
under $30k

$26,755

$30–48k

$24,156

$48–75k

$22,400

$75–110k

not reported

over $110k

Only four of the five income brackets were filed for the same year at Bennett College — this isn't a full distribution.

Average net price

$28,2992023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Bennett College rose from $16,009 (2008) to $28,299 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$16,009
2009	$19,218
2010	$19,564
2011	$20,315
2012	$20,031
2013	$21,650
2014	$21,705
2015	$22,730
2016	$23,018
2017	$18,772
2018	$21,356
2019	$23,330
2020	$23,316
2021	$20,876
2022	$22,858
2023	$28,299

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$41,2962024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Bennett College rose from $25,278 (2009) to $41,296 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$25,278
2010	$26,476
2011	$27,319
2012	$28,704
2013	$28,398
2014	$30,549
2015	$30,150
2016	$32,462
2017	$33,170
2018	$32,758
2019	$31,453
2020	$34,755
2021	$35,832
2022	$35,872
2023	$39,900
2024	$41,296

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$9,222
2001	$10,006
2003	$10,603
2004	$10,726
2005	$12,664
2006	$14,150
2007	$14,648
2008	$14,648
2013	$17,355
2014	$17,355
2015	$18,150
2016	$18,513
2017	$18,513
2018	$18,513
2019	$18,513
2020	$18,513
2021	$18,550
2022	$18,550
2023	$19,140

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $19,140 before grants and other attendance costs. At Bennett College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 178 — Bennett College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

25% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Bennett College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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25%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Bennett College fell from 47.1% (entered 1991) to 32.1% (entered 2012).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	47.1%
1992 cohort	32.1%
1993 cohort	42.5%
1994 cohort	32.6%
1995 cohort	34.4%
1996 cohort	80%
1997 cohort	55.9%
1998 cohort	37.1%
1999 cohort	37%
2000 cohort	33.3%
2001 cohort	35.3%
2002 cohort	38.1%
2003 cohort	48.2%
2004 cohort	46.5%
2005 cohort	39.2%
2006 cohort	36.5%
2007 cohort	44.4%
2008 cohort	45.3%
2009 cohort	44.2%
2010 cohort	42%
2011 cohort	36.7%
2012 cohort	32.1%
2013 cohort	—
2014 cohort	29.1%
2015 cohort	22.3%
2016 cohort	19.3%
2017 cohort	20.6%
2018 cohort	25%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$21,330	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$22,449	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$22,449	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$22,375	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$22,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$22,625	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$24,736	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$22,625	$6,217
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$22,619	$6,171
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$21,984	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$21,000	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$20,375	$11,125
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$25,750	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$29,627	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$33,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$34,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$36,500	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$38,750	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$37,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$38,243	$11,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$34,500	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$31,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$31,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$28,130	$11,000

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$23,153

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$33,417

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$36,654

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Bennett College admitted 308 of 608 applicants in Fall 2024. The 50.7% rate describes that application pool.

50.7%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $19,140 tuition · 2023–24 178 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 820–10601600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Bennett College received 608 applications and admitted 308 (50.7%), with 32 enrolling.

Bennett College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Bennett College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 410–580 and Math was 410–480 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 820–1060 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	410	482	580
SAT Math	410	443	480

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

50.7%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read Bennett College's change from 57.1% to 50.7% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2005 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	63.3%
Fall 2002	62.4%
Fall 2005	57.1%
Fall 2006	57.4%
Fall 2007	47.8%
Fall 2008	47.8%
Fall 2009	45.6%
Fall 2010	57.3%
Fall 2011	62.8%
Fall 2012	70.7%
Fall 2013	82.6%
Fall 2014	91.8%
Fall 2015	94.9%
Fall 2016	95.8%
Fall 2017	88.9%
Fall 2018	96.3%
Fall 2019	59%
Fall 2020	72.9%
Fall 2021	79.2%
Fall 2022	44.6%
Fall 2023	33.6%
Fall 2024	50.7%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

820–1060Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2005	720	890
Fall 2006	710	890
Fall 2007	710	890
Fall 2008	710	890
Fall 2017	780	930
Fall 2018	800	1000
Fall 2023	858	946
Fall 2024	820	1060

IPEDS Fall 2005–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

14–20Fall 2018 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2005	14	19
Fall 2006	13	18
Fall 2007	15	18
Fall 2008	15	18
Fall 2017	14	17
Fall 2018	14	20

IPEDS Fall 2005–2018, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

178Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Bennett College fell from 210 (Fall 2002) to 178 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	210
Fall 2003	429
Fall 2004	504
Fall 2005	572
Fall 2006	596
Fall 2007	662
Fall 2008	673
Fall 2009	711
Fall 2010	714
Fall 2011	678
Fall 2012	651
Fall 2013	612
Fall 2014	553
Fall 2015	508
Fall 2016	400
Fall 2017	409
Fall 2018	469
Fall 2019	309
Fall 2020	232
Fall 2021	207
Fall 2022	168
Fall 2023	191
Fall 2024	178

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

86%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Bennett College rose from 73% (Fall 2002) to 86% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	73%
Fall 2003 cohort	73%
Fall 2004 cohort	68%
Fall 2005 cohort	56%
Fall 2006 cohort	60%
Fall 2007 cohort	77%
Fall 2008 cohort	76%
Fall 2009 cohort	71%
Fall 2010 cohort	73%
Fall 2011 cohort	58%
Fall 2012 cohort	61%
Fall 2013 cohort	52%
Fall 2014 cohort	54%
Fall 2015 cohort	45%
Fall 2016 cohort	44%
Fall 2017 cohort	53%
Fall 2018 cohort	50%
Fall 2019 cohort	52%
Fall 2020 cohort	86%
Fall 2021 cohort	92%
Fall 2022 cohort	90%
Fall 2023 cohort	86%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Bennett College

72.8% of Bennett College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Bennett College as a primarily residential campus of 178 undergraduates — and 85.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Bennett College's SAT section-percentile sums are 820–1060 — their midpoint is below the NC four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Bennett College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Bennett College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Bennett College50.7%

North Carolina median74.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Bennett College$19,140

North Carolina median$19,500

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Bennett College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Bennett College$36,654

North Carolina median$45,873

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Bennett College, North Carolina and national reference values
Metric & basis	Bennett College	North Carolina median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	50.7%	74.9%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$19,140	$19,500	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$36,654	$45,873	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Bennett College report?

Bennett College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 820–1060 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Bennett College's acceptance rate?

50.7% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 308 admitted from 608 applicants.

How much does Bennett College cost?

At Bennett College, tuition is $19,140. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Bennett College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $36,654. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in North Carolina

Brevard College — 42.2% admitted
Johnson C Smith University — 45.2% admitted
Livingstone College — 59.2% admitted
Louisburg College — 55.8% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.