unitid 176479 · Hattiesburg, MS · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
William Carey University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,196
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
60%
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,201
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
27%
undergrads on Pell grants
35th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
60%
finish within 150% time
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$29,651
23rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,258
after aid, aided students
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,087
after entry, Title IV students
23rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$20,832
24th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,224 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k48%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k13%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+8%
- Median family income
- $24,691
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $15,480
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 179 | $45,479 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 149 | $94,936 | $31,000 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 141 | $59,868 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 112 | $37,882 | $20,754 |
| Medicine. | 85 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 75 | $46,341 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 50 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 47 | $36,152 | $22,916 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 44 | $41,833 | $24,249 |
| Biology, General. | 42 | $40,560 | $18,770 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 41 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 40 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.