Guilford College
Add ComparisonGuilford College is a higher education institution located in Guilford County, NC. In 2023, the most popular Bachelors Degree concentrations at Guilford College were General Psychology (32 degrees awarded), Criminal Justice - Safety Studies (20 degrees), and General Business Administration & Management (19 degrees).
In 2021 the default rate for borrower's at Guilford College was 0%, corresponding to 0 out of the 392 total borrowers.
After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $22,620.
In 2023, 87% of undergraduate students attending Guilford College received financial aid through grants. Comparatively, 54% of undergraduate students received financial aid through loans.
In 2023 Guilford College had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $22,620. Between 2022 and 2023, the average net price of Guilford College grew by 5.28%.
This chart compares the average net price of Guilford College (in red) with that of other similar universities.
Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.
87% of undergraduate students at Guilford College received financial aid through grants or loans in 2023. This represents a growth of 6.1% with respect to 2022, when 82% of undergraduate students received financial aid.
This chart compares the average award discount at Guilford College (in red) with that of other similar universities.
The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.
In 2021 the default rate for borrower's at Guilford College was 0%, which represents 0 out of the 392 total borrowers.
A cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year (FY), October 1 to September 30, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year.
Guilford College received 3,775 undergraduate applications in 2023, which represents a 11.1% annual growth. Out of those 3,775 applicants, 3,162 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 83.8% acceptance rate.
There were N/A students enrolled at Guilford College in N/A. 10% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.
Guilford College has an overall enrollment yield of 11.6%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.
In 2023, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Guilford College was 83.8% (3,162 admissions from 3,775 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2022, which was 83.5%. Between 2022 and 2023, the number of applicants grew by 11.1%, while admissions grew by 11.5%.
This chart compares the acceptance rate of Guilford College (in red) with that of other similar universities, and the chart below shows the acceptance rate by gender.
10% of enrolled first-time students at Guilford College in 2023 submitted SAT scores with their applications.
The following chart shows the average SAT scores for the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of applicants for each section of the test that they are evaluated on.
Guilford College had a total enrollment of N/A students in N/A. The full-time enrollment at Guilford College is N/A students and the part-time enrollment is N/A. This means that N/A% of students enrolled at Guilford College are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at Guilford College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 44.8% White, 26% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino, 5.55% Asian, 5.38% Two or More Races, 0.331% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.0828% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.
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Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Guilford College was 66%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Baccalaureate Colleges (74%), Guilford College had a retention rate lower than its peers.
This chart shows the retention rate over time at Guilford College (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.
The enrolled student population at Guilford College is 44.8% White, 26% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino, 5.55% Asian, 5.38% Two or More Races, 0.331% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.0828% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Baccalaureate Colleges is 53.2% White, 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, and 12.9% Black or African American.
Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 21 students (1.74%) did not report their race.
In N/A, N/A N/A women than men received degrees from Guilford College. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Guilford College is white (133 degrees awarded). There were 2.42 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (55 degrees).
The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Guilford College is General Psychology (32 degrees awarded), followed by Criminal Justice - Safety Studies (20 degrees) and General Business Administration & Management (19 degrees).
The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Guilford College are Elementary & middle school teachers (203,038 people), Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (192,049 people), Other managers (171,853 people), Secondary school teachers (168,519 people), and Postsecondary teachers (139,835 people).
The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Guilford College are Surgeons, Diagnostic medical sonographers, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, and Nurse anesthetists
The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Guilford College are Elementary & secondary schools (525,043 people), uninformed (360,542 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (310,276 people), Legal services (156,237 people), and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (152,342 people).
In 2023, 45% of students graduating from Guilford College completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 55% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 55% within 200%.
The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Baccalaureate Colleges Carnegie Classification group.
Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.
The most common race/ethnicity at Guilford College is white (133 degrees awarded). There were 2.42 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (55 degrees).
1.93% of degree recipients (5 students) did not report their race.
The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Guilford College is white female (69 degrees awarded). There were 1.08 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (64 degrees).
Guilford College has an endowment valued at nearly $77.3M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 5.33M (6.89%) compared to the 4.79% average return (2.46M on 51.4M) across all Baccalaureate Colleges.
In 2023, Guilford College had a total salary expenditure of 47M. Guilford College employs 33 Assistant professors, 21 Professors and 18 Associate professors. Most academics at Guilford College are Male Assistant professor (19), Female Assistant professor (14), and Male Professor (11).
The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Guilford College are: Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media, with 37 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 35 employees, and Business and Financial Operations with 22 employees.
Guilford College has an endowment valued at about $77.3M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The endowment of Guilford College declined 8.86% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $25.9M higher than than the median endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.
This line chart shows how the endowment at Guilford College (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.
The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus Carnegie Classification grouping.
In 2023, Guilford College paid a median of $16.9M in salaries, which represents 35.9% of their overall expenditure ($47M) and a 13% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 8.71% decline between 2021 and 2022, and a 15.9% decline between 2020 and 2021.
In 2023, Guilford College paid a total of $4.79M to 76 employees working as instructors, which represents 28.4% of all salaries paid.
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In 2023, the most common positions for instructional staff at Guilford College were Assistant professor with 33 employees, Professor with 21 employees, and Associate professor with 18 employees.
In 2023, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Guilford College were Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 37 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 35 employees, and Business and Financial Operations with 22 employees.
In 2023, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Guilford College was Male Assistant professor with 19 employees, Female Assistant professor with 14 employees, and Male Professor with 11 employees.
This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Guilford College.
