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Spring Hill College

Spring Hill College is a private campus in Mobile proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Roman Catholic 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

$11,239

family income
under $30k

$13,282

$30–48k

$16,103

$48–75k

$9,655

$75–110k

$20,316

over $110k

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

Average net price

$20,4492023–24Skip 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 Spring Hill College rose from $16,269 (2008) to $20,449 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$16,269
2009	$17,981
2010	$17,267
2011	$18,818
2012	$18,555
2013	$19,713
2014	$9,657
2015	$5,772
2016	$21,275
2017	$19,718
2018	$22,221
2019	$22,560
2020	$20,891
2021	$19,449
2022	$19,514
2023	$20,449

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$39,9362024–25Skip 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 Spring Hill College has wandered from 2009 to 2024 — up to $56,502 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $39,936.

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$36,565
2010	$37,992
2011	$40,233
2012	$41,156
2013	$43,325
2014	$44,970
2015	$45,489
2016	$47,815
2017	$50,954
2018	$51,969
2019	$55,695
2020	$55,844
2021	$56,502
2022	$35,488
2023	$37,172
2024	$39,936

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	$16,254
2001	$17,230
2002	$18,092
2003	$19,000
2004	$19,950
2005	$20,948
2006	$22,000
2007	$23,100
2008	$24,240
2013	$30,924
2014	$32,468
2015	$34,092
2016	$35,794
2017	$37,584
2018	$39,464
2019	$40,648
2020	$41,868
2021	$21,100
2022	$21,732
2023	$23,270

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Spring Hill College reports published tuition of $24,054 in this record. Spring Hill College's $24,054 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Spring Hill College reports 782 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

52.1% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Spring Hill 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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52.1%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 Spring Hill College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 66.5% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 52.1%.

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	50.2%
1992 cohort	58.3%
1993 cohort	59.4%
1994 cohort	60.5%
1995 cohort	62.5%
1996 cohort	63.2%
1997 cohort	63.4%
1998 cohort	61.6%
1999 cohort	62.2%
2000 cohort	66.5%
2001 cohort	55.4%
2002 cohort	63.7%
2003 cohort	60.7%
2004 cohort	64.4%
2005 cohort	61%
2006 cohort	61.7%
2007 cohort	56.3%
2008 cohort	58.1%
2009 cohort	53%
2010 cohort	52.8%
2011 cohort	52.5%
2012 cohort	58.6%
2013 cohort	55.7%
2014 cohort	56.9%
2015 cohort	56.4%
2016 cohort	61.6%
2017 cohort	56.1%
2018 cohort	52.1%

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)	$17,125	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$17,125	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$17,125	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$17,125	$4,134
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$17,125	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$17,125	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$17,125	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$19,481	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$22,125	$9,635
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$25,000	$11,090
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$27,000	$10,767
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$16,875
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$14,625
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$18,000
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$19,500

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

$41,358

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$50,757

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$51,500

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

Spring Hill College admitted 1,853 of 2,420 applicants in Fall 2024. The 76.6% rate describes that application pool.

76.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $23,270 tuition · 2023–24 782 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

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Admissions

Spring Hill College: scores were considered but optional in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
ACT Composite	17	22	29

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).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Spring Hill College received 2,420 applications and admitted 1,853 (76.6%), with 153 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

76.6%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	77.4%
Fall 2002	80.6%
Fall 2003	79.5%
Fall 2004	79.7%
Fall 2005	80.1%
Fall 2006	53.4%
Fall 2007	65.8%
Fall 2008	57.5%
Fall 2009	55%
Fall 2010	53.1%
Fall 2011	48.5%
Fall 2012	47.4%
Fall 2013	46.3%
Fall 2014	51.8%
Fall 2015	41.3%
Fall 2016	43.5%
Fall 2017	45.7%
Fall 2018	65.8%
Fall 2019	49.8%
Fall 2020	54.2%
Fall 2021	71.5%
Fall 2022	72.6%
Fall 2023	59.1%
Fall 2024	76.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1110–1230Fall 2022 · 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	920	1200
Fall 2002	1010	1230
Fall 2003	980	1235
Fall 2004	1000	1240
Fall 2005	940	1210
Fall 2006	998	1223
Fall 2007	970	1178
Fall 2008	970	1210
Fall 2009	960	1170
Fall 2010	970	1180
Fall 2011	973	1198
Fall 2012	963	1220
Fall 2013	960	1200
Fall 2014	950	1195
Fall 2015	985	1205
Fall 2016	1000	1190
Fall 2017	1025	1185
Fall 2018	1015	1185
Fall 2019	1025	1200
Fall 2020	1000	1150
Fall 2021	970	1060
Fall 2022	1110	1230

IPEDS Fall 2001–2022, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

17–29Fall 2024 · 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	21	27
Fall 2002	21	27
Fall 2003	20	27
Fall 2004	21	27
Fall 2005	21	26
Fall 2006	21	26
Fall 2007	21	26
Fall 2008	21	26
Fall 2009	21	26
Fall 2010	21	26
Fall 2011	21	26
Fall 2012	21	26
Fall 2013	21	27
Fall 2014	22	27
Fall 2015	22	27
Fall 2016	22	27
Fall 2017	21	26
Fall 2018	20	25
Fall 2019	20	25
Fall 2020	20	25
Fall 2021	17	21
Fall 2022	19	24
Fall 2023	19	24
Fall 2024	17	29

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, 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

782Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Spring Hill College fell from 1,169 (Fall 2002) to 782 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,169
Fall 2003	1,183
Fall 2004	1,174
Fall 2005	1,174
Fall 2006	1,210
Fall 2007	1,311
Fall 2008	1,308
Fall 2009	1,304
Fall 2010	1,377
Fall 2011	1,254
Fall 2012	1,165
Fall 2013	1,269
Fall 2014	1,215
Fall 2015	1,347
Fall 2016	1,379
Fall 2017	1,375
Fall 2018	1,252
Fall 2019	1,156
Fall 2020	1,058
Fall 2021	989
Fall 2022	932
Fall 2023	850
Fall 2024	782

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

70%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 Spring Hill College fell from 81% (Fall 2002) to 70% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	81%
Fall 2003 cohort	79%
Fall 2004 cohort	82%
Fall 2005 cohort	82%
Fall 2006 cohort	80%
Fall 2007 cohort	78%
Fall 2008 cohort	78%
Fall 2009 cohort	78%
Fall 2010 cohort	76%
Fall 2011 cohort	74%
Fall 2012 cohort	76%
Fall 2013 cohort	73%
Fall 2014 cohort	81%
Fall 2015 cohort	76%
Fall 2016 cohort	79%
Fall 2017 cohort	72%
Fall 2018 cohort	70%
Fall 2019 cohort	81%
Fall 2020 cohort	79%
Fall 2021 cohort	81%
Fall 2022 cohort	66%
Fall 2023 cohort	70%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Spring Hill College

Faculty pay at Spring Hill College averages $94,704 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Spring Hill College as a primarily residential campus of 782 undergraduates — and 70.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Incoming students who submitted scores typically landed between 17 and 29 on the ACT composite. Put your own practice estimate on Spring Hill College's range with the ACT 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 Spring Hill 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

Spring Hill College76.6%

Alabama median73.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Spring Hill College$24,054

Alabama median$12,535

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

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

Spring Hill College$51,500

Alabama median$44,312

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Spring Hill College, Alabama and national reference values
Metric & basis	Spring Hill College	Alabama median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	76.6%	73.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$24,054	$12,535	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$51,500	$44,312	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Spring Hill College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Spring Hill College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 6 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$72,755
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$69,108
Sociology	$56,160
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	$52,874
Communication and Media Studies	$49,227
Psychology, General	$41,252

These 6 fields listed for Spring Hill College measure earnings after completion. The $51,500 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 28 additional Spring Hill College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Spring Hill College report?

The middle 50% of Spring Hill College's enrolled Fall 2024 submitters reported ACT composites of 17–29; this dataset does not provide a GPA requirement.

What is Spring Hill College's acceptance rate?

76.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,853 admitted from 2,420 applicants.

How much does Spring Hill College cost?

At Spring Hill College, tuition is $24,054. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Spring Hill College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $51,500. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Alabama

Stillman College — 62.2% admitted
University of South Alabama — 71% admitted
United States Sports University — 61.4% admitted
Samford University — 82.4% 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. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.