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Sweet Briar College Data & Information Overview

80% Acceptance Rate
3% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Sweet Briar College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Sweet Briar was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Sweet Briar?

80% Acceptance Rate
100% Of Accepted Are Women
18% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Sweet Briar College is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to Sweet Briar submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 490 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Sweet Briar College  ( 530 to 630 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Sweet Briar College  ( 490 to 630 )
200
800
Sweet Briar received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 27.

ACT Composite Scores for Sweet Briar College  ( 23 to 27 )
1
36

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Sweet Briar College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
80% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Sweet Briar, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 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 Sweet Briar College is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  80 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Sweet Briar College

71% Freshmen Retention
31% 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 Sweet Briar 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

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Sweet Briar this rate is 31%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  31 out of 100
0
100

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Sweet Briar College Undergraduate Student Diversity

353 Full-Time Undergraduates
19.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
100.0% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 356 undergraduates at Sweet Briar with 353 being full-time and 3 being part-time.

How Much Does Sweet Briar College Cost?

$23,783 Net Price
44% Take Out Loans
$20,736 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Sweet Briar is $23,783. 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 Sweet Briar

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$19,645 $19,052 $22,018 $25,670 $29,274

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 Sweet Briar, 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 Sweet Briar, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $5,184 a year. That adds up to $20,736 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Sweet Briar is 2.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Sweet Briar Graduates Make?

$48,425 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Sweet Briar make about $48,425 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for Sweet Briar students since it is 14% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Sweet Briar College

Virginia State
353 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Sweet Briar College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Sweet Briar is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for Sweet Briar are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 134 Chapel Drive, Sweet Briar, VA 24595-9998
Phone: 434-381-6100
Website: www.sbc.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sweet.briar.college
Twitter: http://twitter.com/sweetbriaredu

Sweet Briar College Majors

28 Majors With Completions
60 Undergraduate Degrees
4 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 28 majors graduated from Sweet Briar College. Of these students, 60 received undergraduate degrees and 4 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
General Business/Commerce 10 NA
Writing Studies 8 NA
History 7 NA
General Psychology 7 NA
Political Science & Government 6 NA
Engineering Science 6 NA
Mathematics 4 NA
General Visual & Performing Arts 3 NA
Fine & Studio Arts 2 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 2 NA

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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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