Private nonprofit · College

Alice Lloyd College

Pippa Passes, Kentucky · Remote rural

75.2%
Admit rate
$18,600
Avg net price
39%
Graduation rate
$40,573
Median earnings

Alice Lloyd College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Pippa Passes, Kentucky (remote rural setting), enrolling 558 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 558 undergradsRemote ruralAccessible · 75% admitNAIA Division ICold winters

Will you get in?

See where your numbers land against Alice Lloyd College's admitted students.

Admit rate
75.2%
SAT (mid 50%)
710–960
Avg GPA (est.)
2.96

Enter a test score to see where you land against Alice Lloyd College's admitted students.

A guide, not a prediction. It compares your numbers with the middle 50% of admitted students and Alice Lloyd College's overall admit rate — it can't see essays, recommendations, activities, or your intended major, which all move real decisions.

About Pippa Passes, Kentucky

Pippa Passes is a city in Knott County, eastern Kentucky, United States. A donation from the Browning Society led to the post office's being named after Robert Browning's Pippa Passes. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote rural
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To Great Lakes shore
281 miles
Nearest airport
65 miles to Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA (TRI)

How Alice Lloyd College compares

Selectivity75.2%

More selective than 54% · #10 most selective of 26 in Kentucky

SAT average1015

Higher than 9%

Graduation rate39%

Higher than 21% · #26 of 30 in Kentucky

First-year retention57%

Higher than 10%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,573

Higher than 15% · #27 of 29 in Kentucky

Average net price$18,600

Cheaper than 57% · #17 cheapest of 29 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$19,599

Lower than 76%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment558

Larger than 23%

Percentiles compare Alice Lloyd College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

558undergrads
  • Women32057%
  • Men23843%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White91%
  • Black3.4%
  • Hispanic2.0%
  • Other or multiracial3.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
558
Student–faculty ratio
15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
58%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
3%
Median family income
$39,463
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$48,636
Endowment
$70,415,927

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 178 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kentucky87%
  • Other U.S. states13%

Most first-years stay in state — Alice Lloyd College draws overwhelmingly from Kentucky.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
75.2%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
710–960
SAT average
1015
SAT reading
380–500
SAT math
330–460
ACT composite
16–22
Average GPA (estimated)
2.96

Cost

In-state tuition
$13,960
Room & board
$9,164
Books & supplies
$1,600
Total cost of attendance
$31,200
Average net price
$18,600

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
39%
Graduated on time (4 years)
27%
First-year retention
57%
Transferred to another college
13%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,174
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$40,573
Median debt at graduation
$19,599
Students with federal loans
44%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
42%

About 12% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
27%
Low-income (Pell)
37%
First-generation
33%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
600
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
100%+
Housing charge (year)
$3,836
Meal plan (year)
$4,128
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NAIA Division I
Varsity athletes
221 (128 men · 93 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (8)

Baseball52
Basketball48
Soccer35
Volleyball28
Softball21
Track and Field (Outdoor)18
Golf17
Cross Country2

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.6 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (589 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$17,444
$30–48k
$16,447
$48–75k
$17,715
$75–110k
$21,757
$110k+
$19,349

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$78,937

$17,715/year × about 4.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

82%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$5,017
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 82% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,017. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 186 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$40,573
Typical debt at graduation
$19,599
Debt vs. one year's pay
48%
Out-earn a HS grad
44%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$33,311
Men
$46,726

Men out-earn women by $13,415 (40%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
82°F
Winter low
24°F
Annual rain
50.5″
Annual snow
16.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.85.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Whitesburg 2SE, KY US station (16.5 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.