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William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS · Private (nonprofit) · 2,201 students · mostly bachelor degrees
28th-cheapest of 49 Mississippi colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$14,258
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$29,651
Graduation rate
60%
Admission rate
60%
Median graduate earnings
$43,087
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,832
Average SAT
1122
Median ACT
25
Pell grant recipients
27%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
59 programsMedicine · Doctoral Degree$211,199Medical/Health Humanities · Doctoral Degree12 grads/yr$111,063Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree5 grads/yr$92,903Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree149 grads/yr$82,147Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree50 grads/yr$70,328Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$61,978Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree141 grads/yr$57,432Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree75 grads/yr$54,194Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$51,866Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$51,430Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$47,152Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$46,598Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree179 grads/yr$45,151Behavioral Neuroscience · Master's Degree3 grads/yr$42,822Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree112 grads/yr$42,389Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$38,325
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.