unitid 198561 · Boiling Springs, NC · private nonprofit 4-year · rural (distant)
Gardner-Webb University
- enrollment 2023
- 4,009
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
77%
57th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,856
72nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
37%
undergrads on Pell grants
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$47,091
49th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,674
after aid, aided students
26th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,039
after entry, Title IV students
37th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,222
47th 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 $15,304 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
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $36,486
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $34,760
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 173 | $69,099 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 95 | $70,847 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 74 | $79,750 | $24,922 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 39 | $42,570 | $29,166 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 37 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 37 | $48,758 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 35 | $43,354 | $27,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 32 | $122,903 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 27 | — | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 26 | $98,359 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 26 | $38,416 | $22,466 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 26 | $101,137 | — |
— 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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- net
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.