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University or college · Private nonprofit

Meredith College

Raleigh, NC15 online only

Meredith College is a private nonprofit college in Raleigh, NC, with about 1,561 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,561
plus 15 studying only online
Admission rate
74%
lower than at 56% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$22,488
higher than at 62% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
70%
higher than at 78% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$51,539
higher than at 73% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Meredith College

All undergraduates are women

Every one of Meredith College’s 1,309 undergraduates is a woman. The students ↓

Few families pay the sticker price

The full cost of a year is $57,313, but the average family on federal aid pays $22,488 after grants, about 61% less. What it costs ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

1,188 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 60%Hispanic 19%Black 9%Asian 5%Two or more 4%International 3%

Women and men

Women 100%
10 : 1
students per teacher
36%
get Pell grants (lower income)
55%
take federal loans
4%
undergrads 25 or older
2%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Meredith College?

74%

of applicants admitted

About 15 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
588–668
SAT math
510–680
ACT
23–29

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1204.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $57,313 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $45,630Room & board $13,280Books & supplies $850

After grants, the average family on aid pays $22,488.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$18,064

About $72,256 over 4 years · 68% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
70%
within 6 years · Pell students 67%
Come back for year two
79%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$51,539
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$25,000
about $265 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$265 a month against about $3,774 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

66%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 82% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$50k
Middle income$30–75k
$52k
Higher incomeover $75k
$52k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Visual & performing arts 19%Business 16%Biology 14%Psychology 8%Social sciences 7%Communication 6%Everything else 31%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Biology, General42 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$60k4 yrs out
Psychology, General39 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$49k4 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts35 graduates a year · typical debt $25,000
$35k1 yr out
Marketing21 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
—not reported
Political Science and Government17 graduates a year
—not reported
Mathematics16 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Resources Management and Services16 graduates a year
—not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness14 graduates a year · typical debt $26,000
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Raleigh

10% of Raleigh’s 506,306 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Raleigh pages.

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Nearby

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Straight-line distances from Meredith College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.