Gardner-Webb University
Gardner-Webb University admitted 77% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 975–1198 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $21,150 a year. Within six years, 48% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 77%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 975–1198
- ACT middle 50%
- 19–25
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $51,623 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $21,150 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $19,391 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $36,350 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 48%
- Students who return for a second year
- 55%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $53,543 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,856
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 40%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Rural
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 20%
- Business, management and marketing
- 19%
- Education
- 13%
- Psychology
- 12%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- McPherson College KS · 77% admitted
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University OK · 76% admitted
- University of Mount Union OH · 78% admitted
- Wisconsin Lutheran College WI · 78% admitted
- Fort Lewis College CO · 77% admitted
- University of South Carolina Aiken SC · 79% 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.