🎓 College profile

Eastern Nazarene College

MA · Private nonprofit · Large suburb · 904 applicants 2023

🎯 Parent/student verdict

Match

Solid match for academically prepared students.

✅ Best for

  • Students focused on Business, Management, & Marketing (the school's signature program)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

🎯 The reality

  • Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 883 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
M3: Master's - Smaller Programs
Total enrollment
23
Under 1,000
In-state tuition
$29,924
sticker, before aid
Tuition
$29,924
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split)
Admit rate
59.0%
Moderately selective
SAT middle 50%
883–1180
EBRW + Math composite
Test policy
Test-optional
2023
10-yr earnings
$54,727
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$43,488
Earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$54,727
4-year completion
39%
Median debt (completers)
$26,000
Cost of attendance
$42,179
sticker price, not net
Pell-eligible students
32%

💰 True ROI

5.4× return

What families actually pay (after aid) vs. the sticker — and how 10-yr earnings stack against the real cost. Most sites quote sticker; we quote what families really pay.

What families actually pay (4 yrs)
$101,524
$25,381/yr avg net
Aid that hides behind the sticker
$67,192
vs sticker $168,716
10-yr earnings total
$547,270
$54,727/yr median, 10 yrs out
Years to recoup actual cost
1.9 yrs
at the median earnings rate

"True ROI" = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (actual 4-yr net price). The actual net is from Scorecard (average across all families); your family's net price will vary by income — see the breakdown above. Earnings are 10 years after enrollment (Scorecard PP-FOS, all majors combined).

💰 What families actually pay

Net price by family income

Net price = sticker price minus grant aid. This is what families actually pay out-of-pocket after scholarships and need-based aid — the most honest affordability signal there is. At Eastern Nazarene College, the average net price is $25,381/yr across all families.

Family income $0-30k
$21,523/yr
Family income $30-48k
$28,248/yr
Family income $48-75k
$25,637/yr
Family income $75-110k
$26,913/yr
Family income $110k+
$27,565/yr

🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.

Need-based aid usually phases out somewhere between $200K and $300K at private colleges — but the exact threshold varies a lot. For a precise estimate based on your family's actual income, assets, and your student's academic profile, use Eastern Nazarene College's official Net Price Calculator:

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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41-NPT45). Net price = total cost of attendance minus federal, state, institutional, and other grants. Some brackets may be suppressed for student-privacy reasons (small cohorts). Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates only. The $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — Department of Education hasn't refreshed these brackets since the early 2010s.

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Eastern Nazarene College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Eastern Nazarene College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Business, Management, & Marketing
22 degrees · 40.0%
Typical career outcomes
Financial Analyst $100k Management Analyst (Consultant) $99k Marketing Manager $158k Accountant / Auditor $80k
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
2. Psychology
14 degrees · 25.5%
Typical career outcomes
HR Specialist $68k Market Research Analyst $75k Clinical Psychologist (post-PhD) $93k Social Worker $58k
Most undergrad psych grads go into non-clinical roles. Clinical/counseling psych requires a master's or doctoral.
3. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness
8 degrees · 14.5%
Typical career outcomes
Athletic Trainer $58k Fitness Trainer / Coach $46k Recreation Director $65k
Coaching, athletic training, public-sector recreation, fitness industry.
4. Engineering
6 degrees · 10.9%
Typical career outcomes
Mechanical Engineer $100k Electrical Engineer $107k Civil Engineer $93k Chemical Engineer $112k
Engineering majors land high-paying technical roles. Top-earning sub-disciplines: petroleum, chemical, computer engineering.
5. Biological & Biomedical Sciences
5 degrees · 9.1%
Typical career outcomes
Biological Scientist $87k Medical & Clinical Lab Tech $61k Pharmaceutical Rep $82k Physician (post-MD) $239k
Many bio majors → med school / grad school. Direct-employment bio roles are lower-paid than that pipeline.

Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.

💼 Top programs by earnings

Highest-earning majors at Eastern Nazarene College

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major (CIP code). From the federal College Scorecard program-level outcomes.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Business Administration, Management and Operations. Bachelor's Degree 28 $51,345 $70,517
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. Bachelor's Degree 9 — $56,885
Psychology, General. Bachelor's Degree 11 — $51,277
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. Bachelor's Degree 5 — $48,044

For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →

🤖 AI program signal

AI + computing education at Eastern Nazarene College

CS degrees (annual)
2
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

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