Meredith College
Raleigh, North Carolina
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 1,188 undergrads
- Women's college
- Admit rate
- 74%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $22,801per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 71%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $54,41710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Every Meredith student gets StrongPoints, a free advising and coaching program that starts at orientation and lasts through college.
Source: How it Works - Meredith College
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 74%About 7 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1098–1348Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 23–29Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $22,801full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $61,939sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $47,448Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 71%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 79%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $54,41710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,188Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 42%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 22%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Barton College Wilson, NC — admits 94%
- University of Northwestern-St Paul Saint Paul, MN — admits 93%
- Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN — admits 91%
- Loras College Dubuque, IA — admits 100%
Also worth a look
- Guilford College Greensboro, NC — admits 80%
- Belmont Abbey College Belmont, NC — admits 75%
- North Carolina Wesleyan University Rocky Mount, NC — admits 80%
- Methodist University Fayetteville, NC — admits 75%
- Mars Hill University Mars Hill, NC — admits 68%
- Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC — admits 71%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Meredith College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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