Beloit College

Overview

Rankings

• #2 Best Psychology Colleges in Wisconsin
• #3 Best Communications Colleges in Wisconsin
• #4 Best Colleges in Wisconsin
• #4 Best Bachelor's Programs in Wisconsin
• #4 Best Master's Programs in Wisconsin
• #4 Best Computer Science Colleges in Wisconsin
• #4 Best Biology Colleges in Wisconsin
• #4 Best Data Science Colleges in Wisconsin

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Beloit College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in Beloit, Wisconsin, Beloit College offers a realistic path to admission, with roughly 63% of applicants receiving an offer. Admitted students typically arrive with an average SAT score near 1,287. The graduation rate is roughly 69%.

Acceptance Rate

63%

Retention Rate

81%

SAT Average

1287

ACT Midpoint

26

SAT Range

1200–1430

ACT Range

24–30

Full-Time Faculty

78%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$7,725

Student–Faculty Ratio

10:1

Diversity Index

0.66

First-Gen Students

19%

Applicants

3,462

Admitted

2,280

Inside the Admissions Office

School-reported Common Data Set · 2025-26

The acceptance rate tells you how hard Beloit College is to get into. Its Common Data Set tells you what happens once you are admitted: how many students say yes, how many arrived without test scores, and whether applying early tilts the odds. 9% of admitted students go on to enroll here, making it a school most admitted students ultimately pass on.

Yield Rate

9%

of admits enroll

Submitted SAT

8%

of enrolled freshmen

Submitted ACT

7%

of enrolled freshmen

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Beloit College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Beloit College is $60,886, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $21,526. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $15,176 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $25,738 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$60,886

Out-of-State

$60,886

Avg Net Price

$21,526

Median Debt

$25,738

Pell Grant Rate

30%

Federal Loan Rate

54%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Beloit College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Beloit College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Beloit College earn a median of $53,260, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$41,660

8 Years

$45,147

10 Years

$53,260

Debt-to-Earnings

0.48x

Earning > $25K

59%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Beloit College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Beloit College is a measurable contributor to upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 0.90%, in line with strong performers nationally. Access is narrower: only about 3.8% of students come from the bottom income quintile, typical of more selective, higher-income institutions. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 23.8% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $109,800, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

0.90%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

23.8%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

3.8%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$149,180

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Beloit College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Beloit College. Its economic connectedness score is 1.68, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.02), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 16% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.68

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.02

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

16.5%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$4,131,872

Investment Income

$-7,396,927

Top Programs

The fields Beloit College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Social Sciences 18%
• Business & Marketing 13%
• Physical Sciences 12%
• Psychology 10% $33,427 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 9%
• Education 5%
• Visual & Performing Arts 5%
• English & Literature 5%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.