Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, Virginia · Private nonprofit
At a glance
- Admission rate
- 76%
- Total (middle 50%)
- 1100–1310
- Undergraduates
- 443
- Setting
- Rural: Fringe
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Test policy
Test optional Applicants may choose whether to send a score.
IPEDS (Fall 2024 admissions, reported 2024-25): Test scores not required for admission, but considered if submitted (test optional). Policies change; confirm on the school's admissions website.
Policy source: nces.ed.gov
SAT scores
- Total (middle 50%)
- 1100–1310
- Reading and Writing
- 560–670
- Math
- 540–640
- Average total
- 1230
The middle 50%: a quarter of admitted students who sent scores scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. The total adds up the two sections' ranges, so it's approximate.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Admissions
- Phone
- (434) 381-6100
Cost
- Tuition
- $27,680per year
- Average net price
- $21,856What students who get federal aid pay on average after grants and scholarships, per year.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 57%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Median earnings 10 years after entry
- $54,986
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Degrees and programs
Degree levels: bachelor, master
Show all 22 programs
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research · bachelor
- Curriculum and Instruction · master
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · bachelor, master
- Engineering Science · bachelor
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies · bachelor
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · bachelor
- Biology, General · bachelor
- Mathematics · bachelor
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · bachelor
- Philosophy · bachelor
- Chemistry · bachelor
- Psychology, General · bachelor
- Archeology · bachelor
- Economics · bachelor
- Political Science and Government · bachelor
- Visual and Performing Arts, General · bachelor
- Dance · bachelor
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft · bachelor
- Fine and Studio Arts · bachelor
- Music · bachelor
- Business/Commerce, General · bachelor
- History · bachelor
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study
Sources
Numbers on this page come from these sources, as of the year shown. Schools change policies and deadlines - check the school's own website before you apply.
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data Data released 2026-11-02; admissions, SAT/ACT, enrollment and test policy: Fall 2024 (IPEDS 2024-25); tuition: 2025-26; net price: 2024-25; graduation rate: 150% completion for the Fall 2019 cohort; retention: Fall 2023 cohort; median earnings 10 years after entry: measured 2022-2023 (2024 dollars)
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study Released 2026-10-15; programs (CIP 2020, 4-digit) by credential level as reported to IPEDS completions for award years 2022-23 and 2023-24
- NCES IPEDS Institutional Characteristics - Directory information (HD2024) - phone and admissions URL — as of 2024-25 collection
- NCES College Navigator profile — as of IPEDS
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