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Career OutcomesAzimuth ranks Beloit College #1117 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn median 4-year earnings of $48,801, placing Beloit College in the 9.6 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Beloit College sits in the 4.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Azimuth ranks Beloit College #1117 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. A private baccalaureate college in Beloit, Wisconsin, Beloit College enrolls roughly 926 undergraduates. Retention stands at 80.6% and the six-year graduation rate is 71.0%, reflecting solid completion outcomes for a residential liberal arts institution. Where Beloit College performs strongest is return on investment. Azimuth ranks Beloit College #1356 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $22,299 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Beloit College in the 4.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. This performance reflects the college's strength in Social Sciences, which anchors both enrollment and long-term financial outcomes for graduates entering stable career pathways. Access and affordability sit lower in the composite. Beloit College sits in the 27.7 percentile for access and the 36.3 percentile for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. 29.6% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 19.3% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the college's positioning as a selective residential institution with a smaller low-income enrollment base. Mobility outcomes sit in the 81.7 percentile, indicating that while graduates achieve solid earnings gains, the institution's scale and program mix create more localized rather than nationally distributed career networks.
Beloit College's published cost of attendance is $71,365. Need-based financial aid reshapes that figure across income levels: low-income families pay approximately $15,176, middle-income families pay around $18,028, and higher-income families pay approximately $27,871. Azimuth ranks Beloit College #908 for post-graduation affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Net prices by income band are medians within those bands; individual aid packages vary, so some families in each band pay more and some less than the figures shown. Beloit College participates in federal need-based aid programs and institutional aid, with aid packages typically combining grants, loans, and work-study. The college uses the FAFSA to determine eligibility and aid amounts. Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $25,738, and families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $32,004; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including Parent PLUS planning — use Azimuth's Financial GPS tool.
Beloit College is a strong fit for students drawn to the social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary fields who want a private liberal arts college experience in Beloit, WI. Graduates earn median earnings four years after enrollment of $48,801, placing Beloit College in the 9.6 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. They also earn about $22,299 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Beloit College in the 4.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. The aid structure is need-based. For admitted Pell-eligible and first-generation students — 29.6% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 19.3% are first-generation — that structure can meaningfully close the gap between the published cost and what families actually pay. Fit depends on two realistic filters: the 63.0% admit rate makes the application process selective, and the program mix favors liberal arts fields over applied-professional ones. Students whose interests align with those areas and who can navigate the application process will find the earnings trajectory and aid package among the strongest in the Midwest.
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Beloit College's published cost of attendance is $71,365. Need-based financial aid reshapes that figure across income levels: low-income families pay approximately $15,176, middle-income families pay around $18,028, and higher-income families pay approximately $27,871.
Azimuth ranks Beloit College #908 for post-graduation affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Net prices by income band are medians within those bands; individual aid packages vary, so some families in each band pay more and some less than the figures shown.
Beloit College participates in federal need-based aid programs and institutional aid, with aid packages typically combining grants, loans, and work-study. The college uses the FAFSA to determine eligibility and aid amounts.
Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $25,738, and families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $32,004; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including Parent PLUS planning — use [Azimuth's Financial GPS tool](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/).
Business/Managerial Economics
21 graduates
Education, General
11 graduates
Science, Technology and Society
7 graduates
Sociology
6 graduates
Psychology, General
21 graduates
Beloit College's program mix is anchored in Social Sciences, a signature that shapes the institution's academic identity as a liberal arts college. Psychology, General is the largest program with 21 graduates, followed by Business/Managerial Economics, Political Science, Chemistry, and Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
The program portfolio reflects a broad humanities and social-sciences orientation, with Social Sciences representing 21% of degrees, other STEM fields at 11%, and Business at 8%. Among 0 programs that meet Azimuth's ranking threshold, several deliver strong four-year earnings outcomes.
Business/Managerial Economics leads with median earnings of $84,668 four years after enrollment from 21 graduates, while The Education, General program graduates 11 students earning $56,414. Psychology, General delivers median earnings of $45,715 from 21 graduates, and Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies earns $39,702 across its cohort.
These outcomes reflect the earnings diversity within Beloit College's social-sciences-focused portfolio, where professional-track fields like business and economics tend to deliver stronger early-career pay than traditional humanities disciplines. Beloit College's program structure emphasizes direct-to-workforce pathways in business, economics, and applied social sciences, where graduates enter the labor market immediately and earnings reflect national demand for these skills.
Several programs, particularly those in psychology, history, and philosophy, are better understood as foundations for graduate or professional study — a pathway where four-year earnings undercount the full trajectory of students who continue to law school, graduate school, or professional training. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how Beloit College's dominant program families align with labor-market trends and wage growth in the social sciences and humanities sectors.
Graduates of Beloit College earn median 4-year earnings of $48,801, placing Beloit College in the 9.6 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $22,299 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Beloit College in the 4.4 percentile for [earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Azimuth ranks Beloit College #1356 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These outcomes represent lifetime returns relative to WI's no-degree-equivalent earnings baseline of $35,275.
The earnings pattern at Beloit College reflects strength across the liberal arts and social sciences. Business/Managerial Economics emerges as the highest aggregate-return major, combining substantial enrollment with solid mid-career pay.
Among the most popular fields, Psychology, General enrolls the largest cohort of 21 students and leads to median 4-year earnings of $45,715, while The Business/Managerial Economics program graduates 21 students earning $84,668. Political Science and Chemistry round out the largest programs by enrollment.
The institution's highest-earning program, Rhetoric and The Composition/Writing Studies, program graduates 15 students with median 4-year earnings of $39,702, placing it 0.8x the national benchmark for the field [per the program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/). This concentration in Social Sciences — a signature strength of the liberal arts model — supports consistent outcomes across the student body and contributes to Beloit College's above-average earnings performance relative to comparable institutions.
