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Anna Maria College is a private regional university located in Paxton, Massachusetts. Anna Maria College is moderately inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at Anna Maria College is in the bottom 25% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $48,298 10 years after enrolling, 48th in Massachusetts, and in the top 50% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Anna Maria College bachelor students earn 0% less than the national average. Anna Maria College is ranked 48th in Massachusetts.
Anna Maria College’s median net annual cost of $25,399 and average years to graduate of 4.4 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 4 programs at Anna Maria College sorted by number of graduates - Fire Protection, Registered Nursing, Business Administration, Criminal Justice - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$25,399
Average years to graduate
4.4
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 3 graduate programs at Anna Maria College - Public Administration, Business Administration, Clinical / Counseling Psych - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.4 years. 53% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Anna Maria College is 20% lower than the state average, and 5% below the average for all regional universities in the country.
At Anna Maria College, Pell Grant recipients represent 36% of the measured graduating class, 1% higher than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Anna Maria College graduates within 4.3 years.
Anna Maria College is in the bottom 50% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Anna Maria College’s economic mobility score of 2.16 is calculated by adjusting the 14.52 economic score of lower-income students by the 36% pell grant recipients within the student body. Anna Maria College’s EMS of 2.16 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Bottom 5%
The average Title IV recipient at Anna Maria College pays $25,399 a year, $31,021 less than the $56,420 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $25,399
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Anna Maria College, 100% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $25,399 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 84% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $9,177. This is 30% more than the national average.
Federal grants
$5,671
Pell grants
$4,736
State grants
$1,585
Institutional grants
$25,095
Anna Maria College offers 2 online bachelor programs, both of which are held exclusively online. At the master’s level Anna Maria College offers 1 exclusively online program. We use the IPEDS July '20 — July '21 Distance Education report to determine which programs are online. EarningsPlus data is provided when available.
Online programs
3
Percentage of programs online
5%
Anna Maria College's moderately inclusive admissions are indicated by their 73% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 2,519 applicants, of which 1,835 were admitted and 187 enrolled. Anna Maria College has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
Anna Maria College does not consider standardized testing in their admissions process.
Full time
99%
83%
Female
63%
59%
First time
81%
59%
In-state
58%
68%
1st generation
40%
35%
White
57%
52%
Black
14%
14%
Hispanic
9%
15%
Asian
1%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
19%
12%