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University or college · Private nonprofit

Patrick Henry College

Purcellville, VA37 online only

Patrick Henry College is a private nonprofit college in Purcellville, VA, with about 371 students on campus.

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Students on campus
371
plus 37 studying only online
Admission rate
77%
higher than at 50% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
—
after grants
Graduation rate
74%
higher than at 83% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
—
In brief

The short version on Patrick Henry College

Rent in Purcellville is above the state median

Median rent in Purcellville is $2,222 a month, 41% above the state median. Living in Purcellville ↓

Patrick Henry College is very small

About 371 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

395 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 63%Hispanic 6%Black 2%Asian 6%

Women and men

Women 45%Men 55%
14 : 1
students per teacher
0%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
3%
undergrads 25 or older
5%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Patrick Henry College?

77%

of applicants admitted

About 15 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
660–740
SAT math
580–680
ACT
27–33

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1352.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
74%
within 6 years
Come back for year two
88%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
—
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Military 28%Social sciences 26%Communication 14%Business 11%English 8%Liberal arts 6%Everything else 8%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

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

Political Science and Government21 graduates a year
—not reported
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations14 graduates a year
—not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities12 graduates a year
—not reported
Business/Managerial Economics12 graduates a year
—not reported
Journalism10 graduates a year
—not reported
History5 graduates a year
—not reported
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other3 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Purcellville

7% of Purcellville’s 8,890 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Purcellville pages.

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

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George Mason UniversityUniversity or college · Public · George Mason
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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.