Davidson College
Davidson College admitted 13% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1400–1530 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $15,060 a year. Within six years, 90% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 13%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1400–1530
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $84,260 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $15,060 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $3,629 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $69,315 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 90%
- Students who return for a second year
- 95%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $89,297 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,867
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 20%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 23%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 16%
- Psychology
- 14%
- Computer and information sciences
- 7%
- Physical sciences
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Georgetown University DC · 13% admitted
- Bates College ME · 13% admitted
- Tulane University of Louisiana LA · 14% admitted
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA · 14% admitted
- Grinnell College IA · 14% admitted
- Webb Institute NY · 14% admitted
More colleges in North Carolina
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · 42% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC · 80% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC · 15% admitted
- East Carolina University NC · 89% admitted
- Appalachian State University NC · 90% admitted
- University of North Carolina Wilmington NC · 64% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC · 89% admitted
- North Carolina A & T State University NC · 50% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.