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Emory and Henry College Data & Information Overview

4 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
87% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Emory and Henry College Ranked?

#1,661 Best Colleges in Nation
#41 Best Colleges in VA
Mathematics Education Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Emory and Henry College was awarded 4 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mathematics education.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Emory & Henry College as #1,661 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.

Emory & Henry College is also ranked #41 out of 63 schools in Virginia.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Emory & Henry College?

87% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Emory and Henry College has an acceptance rate of 87%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Emory & Henry College.

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Emory and Henry College Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Emory & Henry College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Emory and Henry College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Emory and Henry College

71% Freshmen Retention
48% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Emory and Henry College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Emory & Henry College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 48%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  48 out of 100
0
100

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Emory and Henry College Undergraduate Student Diversity

905 Full-Time Undergraduates
18.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
51.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 956 undergraduates at Emory & Henry College with 905 being full-time and 51 being part-time.

How Much Does Emory and Henry College Cost?

$17,245 Net Price
80% Take Out Loans
$32,152 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Emory & Henry College is $17,245. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Emory & Henry College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$11,062 $11,842 $15,149 $21,469 $27,000

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Emory & Henry College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Emory & Henry College, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,038 a year. That adds up to $32,152 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Emory & Henry College is 9.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do Emory & Henry College Graduates Make?

$42,500 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Emory & Henry College make about $42,500 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Emory and Henry College

Virginia State
905 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Emory and Henry College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Emory, Virginia. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

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Contact details for Emory & Henry College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 30461 Garnand Drive, Emory, VA 24327-0947
Phone: 276-944-4121
Website: www.ehc.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/emoryandhenry
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emoryandhenry

Emory and Henry College Majors

39 Majors With Completions
229 Undergraduate Degrees
110 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 39 majors graduated from Emory and Henry College. Of these students, 229 received undergraduate degrees and 110 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
History 26 NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific 22 NA
Business Administration & Management 21 $34,516
Sociology 15 NA
Political Science & Government 15 NA
General Psychology 14 NA
Accounting 11 NA
Communication & Media Studies 10 NA
Natural Resources Conservation 10 NA
Physics 10 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Emory and Henry College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Emory & Henry College

17% Take At Least One Class Online
0% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 227 students took at least one online class at Emory and Henry College. This is a decrease from the 1,087 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 227 3
2019-2020 1,087 502
2018-2019 59 0
2017-2018 21 0
2016-2017 52 0

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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