Patrick Henry College
Purcellville, VA · Private · Town (fringe) · PHC
Private institution in Purcellville, VA · 373 undergraduates · 82% acceptance rate.
- Top 10%Median ACT
- Top 13%Average SAT
- Top 17%Full-time retention
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- —
- In-state tuition & fees
- $28,4251,310th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $28,4251,195th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- —
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 65.5%575th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 87.9%316th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 82.0%979th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1351137th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 3099th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3731,752nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,172nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 0.0%2,107th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 18 mi (IAD)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 8 of 8 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Managerial EconomicsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, OtherEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
| History | bachelors | — | — |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information OperationsMilitary Technologies | bachelors | — | — |
| JournalismCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchNatural Resources | bachelors | — | — |
| Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitephc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 451927)
- Compare colleges in VARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in VirginiaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Patrick Henry College vs Riverside College of Health CareersHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.