Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, Virginia · Website
$51,943
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$51,943
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Sweet Briar College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Sweet Briar, Virginia with 443 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $17,758 a year (tuition and fees $26,160). It admits 76% of applicants and 52% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $51,943 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$17,758
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$26,160
US median $11,837
Admission rate
76%
US median 78%
Completion rate
52%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$51,943
Rank 1,322 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $17,758
- Tuition and fees
- $26,160
- Cost of attendance
- $43,898
- Students with a need-based grant
- 31%
- Students with federal loans
- 47%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $11,734
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $12,568
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $15,247
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $20,188
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $24,710
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $34,935 in 2015-16 to $26,160 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 76%
- Average SAT
- 1,230
- SAT reading, middle
- 580
- SAT math, middle
- 560
- ACT, middle
- 25
- Undergraduates
- 443
- Part-time students
- 0.9%
- Women
- 100%
- Students per teacher
- 9
- Completion rate
- 52%
- Retention rate
- 69%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 27
- Endowment
- $70.1M
- Other
- Women only
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,322 of 5,094 US colleges and 39 of 127 in Virginia (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | VA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $17,758 | $19,081 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $26,160 | $16,364 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 76% | 80% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 52% | 52% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 69% | 73% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $20,000 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $35,533 | $36,582 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $51,943 | $42,837 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 72% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 61% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
27 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $68,407 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,012 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $57,214 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,706 |
| Engineering ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $93,782 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,471 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,293 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Curriculum and InstructionMaster's | Master's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,680 |
| ArcheologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,748 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,688 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,693 |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $82,686 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| DanceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $39,980 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MusicBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $49,429 |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| AnthropologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Sweet Briar College cost?
$17,758 a year is the average net price at Sweet Briar College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $26,160, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $43,898. Families earning under $30,000 pay $11,734 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Sweet Briar College?
76% of applicants are admitted to Sweet Briar College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,230 and the middle ACT score is 25. The median admission rate of colleges in Virginia is 80%.
How much do Sweet Briar College graduates earn?
$51,943 a year is the median pay of former Sweet Briar College students who work, 10 years after they started ($35,533 after 6 years). That ranks 1,322 of 5,094 US colleges and 39 of 127 in Virginia.
How much student debt do Sweet Briar College graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Sweet Briar College graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 47% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Sweet Briar College?
52% of first-time, full-time students at Sweet Briar College finish within 6 years. 69% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Sweet Briar College?
Business/Commerce, General (11 bachelor's graduates), Natural Resources Conservation and Research (9 bachelor's graduates), Biology, General (9 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 27 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.