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University or college · Private nonprofit

Beloit College

Beloit, WI9 online only

Beloit College is a private nonprofit college in Beloit, WI, with about 939 students on campus.

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Students on campus
939
plus 9 studying only online
Admission rate
63%
lower than at 73% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$21,526
higher than at 57% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
71%
higher than at 80% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$53,260
higher than at 76% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Beloit College

Few families pay the sticker price

The full cost of a year is $71,365, but the average family on federal aid pays $21,526 after grants, about 70% less. What it costs ↓

What you study here makes a big difference to pay

Among Beloit College’s biggest bachelor’s programs, education graduates earn a median $56,414 four years out. Anthropology graduates earn $29,754. Majors ↓

A large share of international students

13% of undergraduates come from outside the U.S.. The students ↓

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 · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $71,365 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $60,886Room & board $11,264Books & supplies $1,154

After grants, the average family on aid pays $21,526.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$18,028

About $72,112 over 4 years · 75% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Beloit College?

63%

of applicants admitted

About 13 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
590–720
SAT math
610–710
ACT
24–30

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1287.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
71%
within 6 years · Pell students 68%
Come back for year two
81%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$53,260
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$25,738
about $273 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

7.9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$273 a month against about $3,472 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

78%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 94% 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
$46k
Middle income$30–75k
$54k
Higher incomeover $75k
$56k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Social sciences 18%Business 13%Physical sciences 12%Psychology 10%Biology 9%Education 5%Everything else 33%

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, General25 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General24 graduates a year · typical debt $26,466
$46k4 yrs out
Sociology24 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$53k4 yrs out
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies20 graduates a year · typical debt $26,000
$40k4 yrs out
Anthropology18 graduates a year · typical debt $24,472
$30k4 yrs out
Education, General16 graduates a year · typical debt $24,456
$56k4 yrs out
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics15 graduates a year
—not reported
Communication and Media Studies14 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

926 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 53%Hispanic 18%Black 8%Asian 2%Two or more 5%International 13%

Women and men

Women 51%Men 49%
12 : 1
students per teacher
30%
get Pell grants (lower income)
54%
take federal loans
3%
undergrads 25 or older
0%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Beloit

8% of Beloit’s 36,649 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Beloit pages.

Beloit →
BeloitBeloit, WI
$1,066/momedian rent · about the state median$208Ktypical home valueC−Safety Grade13° / 83°January low / July high · 37" of snowC−Health GradeAll colleges in and near BeloitCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
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Straight-line distances from Beloit 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.