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Eastern Mennonite University

Eastern Mennonite University is a private campus in Harrisonburg proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Mennonite Church 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

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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

$16,418

family income
under $30k

$14,081

$30–48k

$21,592

$48–75k

$26,047

$75–110k

$31,526

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$24,5882023–24Skip 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 Eastern Mennonite University rose from $20,225 (2008) to $24,588 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$20,225
2009	$18,169
2010	$19,386
2011	$19,931
2012	$19,175
2013	$20,982
2014	$21,344
2015	$22,887
2016	$23,343
2017	$24,326
2018	$23,763
2019	$21,842
2020	$22,424
2021	$23,206
2022	$23,615
2023	$24,588

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$56,7562024–25Skip 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 Eastern Mennonite University rose from $32,900 (2009) to $56,756 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$32,900
2010	$34,290
2011	$35,450
2012	$36,928
2013	$38,009
2014	$40,024
2015	$42,346
2016	$44,481
2017	$46,075
2018	$47,688
2019	$50,236
2020	$51,275
2021	$52,686
2022	$53,834
2023	$54,378
2024	$56,756

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	$14,150
2001	$15,300
2002	$16,324
2003	$17,350
2004	$18,174
2005	$19,546
2006	$20,712
2007	$21,960
2008	$23,280
2013	$29,350
2014	$30,800
2015	$32,300
2016	$34,200
2017	$35,800
2018	$37,110
2019	$38,230
2020	$39,220
2021	$39,990
2022	$40,990
2023	$41,860

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $43,920 before grants and other attendance costs. At Eastern Mennonite University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 754 — Eastern Mennonite University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

67% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Eastern Mennonite University 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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67%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 Eastern Mennonite University has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 70.7% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 67%.

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	62.7%
1992 cohort	57.6%
1993 cohort	64.2%
1994 cohort	59.5%
1995 cohort	64.1%
1996 cohort	63.2%
1997 cohort	61.2%
1998 cohort	59.8%
1999 cohort	67.4%
2000 cohort	62.3%
2001 cohort	70.7%
2002 cohort	65.4%
2003 cohort	61.5%
2004 cohort	57%
2005 cohort	66.3%
2006 cohort	59%
2007 cohort	63.5%
2008 cohort	61.8%
2009 cohort	61%
2010 cohort	62.1%
2011 cohort	63.2%
2012 cohort	59.9%
2013 cohort	57.8%
2014 cohort	60.4%
2015 cohort	55.1%
2016 cohort	62.6%
2017 cohort	47.1%
2018 cohort	67%

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)	$14,500	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$14,500	$3,897
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$13,304	$5,349
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$13,554	$6,093
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$14,500	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,375	$5,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,556	$5,525
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,711	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,513	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,000	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$16,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$7,125
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,100	$9,850
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,000	$10,692
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,875	$8,169
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$24,500	$8,416
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$19,450	$8,200
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$21,181	$8,080
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$23,292	$8,200
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$21,700	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$21,910	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$24,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$24,813	$7,770

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

$48,158

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$53,356

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$54,869

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

Eastern Mennonite University admitted 1,470 of 1,470 applicants in Fall 2024. The 100% rate describes that application pool.

100%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $41,860 tuition · 2023–24 754 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Eastern Mennonite University received 1,470 applications and admitted 1,470 (100%), with 183 enrolling.

Eastern Mennonite University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Eastern Mennonite University under that historical policy.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Acceptance rate

100%Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	69.8%
Fall 2002	77.1%
Fall 2003	82.3%
Fall 2004	75.8%
Fall 2005	77%
Fall 2006	74.6%
Fall 2007	94.6%
Fall 2008	68.8%
Fall 2009	71.4%
Fall 2010	70.5%
Fall 2011	68.4%
Fall 2012	70.1%
Fall 2013	65%
Fall 2014	60.4%
Fall 2015	61.7%
Fall 2016	61.2%
Fall 2017	53.7%
Fall 2018	59.2%
Fall 2019	64.6%
Fall 2020	71.8%
Fall 2021	95.2%
Fall 2022	99.5%
Fall 2023	99.8%
Fall 2024	100%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1040–1590Fall 2021 · 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 2001	910	1230
Fall 2002	950	1230
Fall 2003	930	1235
Fall 2004	900	1170
Fall 2005	960	1258
Fall 2006	900	1200
Fall 2007	920	1200
Fall 2008	910	1190
Fall 2009	930	1220
Fall 2010	920	1170
Fall 2011	910	1200
Fall 2012	880	1200
Fall 2013	863	1128
Fall 2014	860	1130
Fall 2015	870	1130
Fall 2016	890	1170
Fall 2017	990	1170
Fall 2018	1000	1230
Fall 2019	980	1220
Fall 2020	980	1230
Fall 2021	1040	1590

IPEDS Fall 2001–2021, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

25–34Fall 2021 · 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 2001	19	28
Fall 2002	19	27
Fall 2004	20	27
Fall 2005	22	28
Fall 2006	21	27
Fall 2007	21	27
Fall 2008	18	25
Fall 2009	22	28
Fall 2010	20	26
Fall 2011	21	28
Fall 2012	19	27
Fall 2013	18	25
Fall 2014	18	26
Fall 2015	18	26
Fall 2016	20	28
Fall 2017	20	28
Fall 2018	21	31
Fall 2019	19	26
Fall 2020	22	30
Fall 2021	25	34

IPEDS Fall 2001–2021, 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

754Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University fell from 979 (Fall 2002) to 754 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	979
Fall 2003	958
Fall 2004	1,008
Fall 2005	999
Fall 2006	995
Fall 2007	953
Fall 2008	951
Fall 2009	1,028
Fall 2010	1,036
Fall 2011	1,017
Fall 2012	1,083
Fall 2013	1,148
Fall 2014	1,198
Fall 2015	1,194
Fall 2016	1,233
Fall 2017	1,089
Fall 2018	1,030
Fall 2019	967
Fall 2020	891
Fall 2021	916
Fall 2022	826
Fall 2023	800
Fall 2024	754

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

76%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 Eastern Mennonite University has held near 76% from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	78%
Fall 2004 cohort	74%
Fall 2005 cohort	81%
Fall 2006 cohort	76%
Fall 2007 cohort	80%
Fall 2008 cohort	77%
Fall 2009 cohort	75%
Fall 2010 cohort	78%
Fall 2011 cohort	81%
Fall 2012 cohort	77%
Fall 2013 cohort	75%
Fall 2014 cohort	73%
Fall 2015 cohort	74%
Fall 2016 cohort	79%
Fall 2017 cohort	70%
Fall 2018 cohort	85%
Fall 2019 cohort	79%
Fall 2020 cohort	77%
Fall 2021 cohort	79%
Fall 2022 cohort	76%
Fall 2023 cohort	76%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Eastern Mennonite University

32.7% of Eastern Mennonite University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Eastern Mennonite University as a primarily residential campus of 754 undergraduates — and 76.1% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Eastern Mennonite University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 100%. Review Eastern Mennonite University's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

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 Eastern Mennonite University 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

Eastern Mennonite University100%

Virginia median79.8%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Eastern Mennonite University$43,920

Virginia median$21,650

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

Eastern Mennonite University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Eastern Mennonite University$54,869

Virginia median$53,453

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia and national reference values
Metric & basis	Eastern Mennonite University	Virginia median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	100%	79.8%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$43,920	$21,650	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$54,869	$53,453	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Eastern Mennonite University report?

Eastern Mennonite University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 100% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Eastern Mennonite University's acceptance rate?

100% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,470 admitted from 1,470 applicants.

How much does Eastern Mennonite University cost?

At Eastern Mennonite University, tuition is $43,920. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Eastern Mennonite University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $54,869. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Virginia

Ferrum College — 89% admitted
George Mason University — 87.5% admitted
Christopher Newport University — 86% admitted
Bridgewater College — 91.7% 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.