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Allen University

Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation African Methodist Episcopal
Population 550,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Columbia, SC

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,845 (80%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (65%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 614
Men / Women 58% / 42%
Athletes 298 (53.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 92%
Hispanic 4%
Native American 1%
White 1%
International 1%
Asian 0%
Mixed 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 37.4% 37.4% 2012 Men: 35.5% 35.5% 2013 Men: 38.0% 38.0% 2014 Men: 39.2% 39.2% 2015 Men: 51.7% 51.7% 2016 Men: 46.7% 46.7% 2017 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2018 Men: 64.3% 64.3% 2019 Men: 45.9% 45.9% 2020 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2021 Men: 58.3% 58.3% 2022 Men: 64.5% 64.5% 2023 Men: 60.0% 60.0% 2024 Men: 55.0% 55.0% 2025 Men: 59.6% 59.6%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 99.4% 99.4% 2012 Black: 98.3% 98.3% 2013 Black: 98.9% 98.9% 2014 Black: 98.4% 98.4% 2015 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2016 Black: 97.0% 97.0% 2017 Black: 94.0% 94.0% 2018 Black: 96.2% 96.2% 2019 Black: 89.5% 89.5% 2020 Black: 91.2% 91.2% 2021 Black: 88.3% 88.3% 2022 Black: 93.5% 93.5% 2023 Black: 92.0% 92.0% 2024 Black: 89.9% 89.9% 2025 Black: 91.8% 91.8% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2022 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2025 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2011 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2016 White: 2.2% 2.2% 2017 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 White: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 White: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 International: 1.1% 1.1%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 639 639 2012 Total: 650 650 2013 Total: 635 635 2014 Total: 642 642 2015 Total: 601 601 2016 Total: 575 575 2017 Total: 563 563 2018 Total: 654 654 2019 Total: 715 715 2020 Total: 764 764 2021 Total: 937 937 2022 Total: 889 889 2023 Total: 609 609 2024 Total: 647 647 2025 Total: 614 614 2011 Men: 259 259 2012 Men: 246 246 2013 Men: 243 243 2014 Men: 282 282 2015 Men: 271 271 2016 Men: 265 265 2017 Men: 263 263 2018 Men: 362 362 2019 Men: 365 365 2020 Men: 404 404 2021 Men: 519 519 2022 Men: 535 535 2023 Men: 357 357 2024 Men: 366 366 2025 Men: 359 359 2011 Women: 380 380 2012 Women: 404 404 2013 Women: 392 392 2014 Women: 360 360 2015 Women: 330 330 2016 Women: 310 310 2017 Women: 300 300 2018 Women: 292 292 2019 Women: 350 350 2020 Women: 360 360 2021 Women: 418 418 2022 Women: 354 354 2023 Women: 252 252 2024 Women: 281 281 2025 Women: 255 255

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 99.4% 99.4% 2012 Black: 99.1% 99.1% 2013 Black: 99.7% 99.7% 2014 Black: 98.8% 98.8% 2015 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2016 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2017 Black: 93.8% 93.8% 2018 Black: 95.9% 95.9% 2019 Black: 92.2% 92.2% 2020 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2021 Black: 91.9% 91.9% 2022 Black: 93.0% 93.0% 2023 Black: 93.9% 93.9% 2024 Black: 94.1% 94.1% 2025 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2011 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2011 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 International: 1.3% 1.3%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Allen University 94 61% 0% 0% 98% 0% 2% $40,369 0 -2.07 17 96% 18.5%
Mathematics 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $54,825 2 -1.15 54 — — — — —
Biology 12 — 33% 0% 0% 92% 0% 8% $34,846 0 -3.67 8 96% — — — —
Business Administration 26 — 73% 0% 0% 96% 0% 4% $41,554 0 -1.88 19 96% — — — —
Sport Management 21 — 67% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $41,901 1 -2.05 20 — — — — —
English 3 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,320 3 -1.60 15 — — — — —
Religious Studies 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,999 4 -1.33 16 — — — — —
Social Sciences 17 — 35% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $40,293 1 -1.50 17 97% 18.5% — — —
Elementary Education 3 — 67% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,899 1 -1.84 16 — — — — —
Music 3 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $32,325 4 -1.55 6 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 7 — 57% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $43,122 0 -2.31 23 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $15,305
ROI Percentile 17th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 45%
4-Year Graduation Rate 7%
6-Year Graduation Rate 13%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 9.3% 9.3% 2012 Graduated: 21.3% 21.3% 2013 Graduated: 22.9% 22.9% 2014 Graduated: 28.2% 28.2% 2015 Graduated: 19.1% 19.1% 2016 Graduated: 18.4% 18.4% 2017 Graduated: 24.0% 24.0% 2018 Graduated: 31.4% 31.4% 2019 Graduated: 22.3% 22.3% 2020 Graduated: 19.0% 19.0% 2021 Graduated: 22.7% 22.7% 2022 Graduated: 8.1% 8.1% 2023 Graduated: 13.2% 13.2% 2024 Graduated: 13.3% 13.3%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 7.9% 2012 Men: 20.0% 2013 Men: 20.2% 2014 Men: 34.3% 2015 Men: 17.6% 2016 Men: 22.4% 2017 Men: 14.9% 2018 Men: 18.6% 2019 Men: 14.7% 2020 Men: 23.0% 2021 Men: 14.6% 2022 Men: 7.9% 2023 Men: 15.4% 2024 Men: 8.9% 2011 Women: 15.0% 2012 Women: 23.1% 2013 Women: 25.0% 2014 Women: 23.7% 2015 Women: 20.1% 2016 Women: 16.2% 2017 Women: 29.5% 2018 Women: 38.5% 2019 Women: 27.0% 2020 Women: 16.5% 2021 Women: 31.3% 2022 Women: 8.3% 2023 Women: 11.2% 2024 Women: 21.3%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 10.3% 2012 Black: 25.4% 2013 Black: 23.3% 2014 Black: 31.2% 2015 Black: 19.2% 2016 Black: 17.0% 2017 Black: 23.6% 2018 Black: 31.9% 2019 Black: 22.6% 2020 Black: 19.4% 2021 Black: 23.2% 2022 Black: 8.4% 2023 Black: 14.0% 2024 Black: 13.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 50.0% 47 70% 0% 0% 98% 0% 2% $41,709 0 -1.95 20 96% —
Social Sciences 18.1% 17 35% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $40,293 0 -1.50 17 97% 18.5%
Life & Natural Sciences 12.8% 12 33% 0% 0% 92% 0% 8% $34,846 0 -3.67 8 96% —
Professional 7.4% 7 57% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $43,122 0 -2.31 23 — —
Humanities 4.3% 4 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,490 1 -1.53 15 — —
Arts 3.2% 3 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $32,325 1 -1.55 6 — —
Education 3.2% 3 67% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,899 1 -1.84 16 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 1 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $54,825 1 -1.15 54 — —

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 125 $853K $853K $0
Wrestling 25 $149K $149K $0
Track & Field (combined) 24 $95K $95K $0
Basketball 21 $311K $311K $0
Total 186 $1.4M $1.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 32 $93K $93K $0
Volleyball 22 $120K $120K $0
Basketball 19 $247K $247K $0
Soccer 19 $178K $178K $0
Softball 16 $83K $83K $0
Wrestling 16 $126K $126K $0
Total 112 $850K $850K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 125 $853K $853K $0
Track & Field (combined) 56 $188K $188K $0
Wrestling 41 $276K $276K $0
Basketball 40 $559K $559K $0
Volleyball 22 $120K $120K $0
Soccer 19 $178K $178K $0
Softball 16 $83K $83K $0
Total 298 $3.0M $3.0M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (non-ED) 6%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 75% 75% 75%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 Acceptance: 53.3% 53.3% 2020 Acceptance: 64.6% 64.6% 2021 Acceptance: 56.6% 56.6% 2022 Acceptance: 43.4% 43.4% 2023 Acceptance: 32.1% 32.1% 2024 Acceptance: 72.5% 72.5% 2019 Yield: 65.7% 65.7% 2020 Yield: 7.7% 7.7% 2021 Yield: 16.0% 16.0% 2022 Yield: 12.9% 12.9% 2023 Yield: 14.5% 14.5% 2024 Yield: 6.1% 6.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2019 Applicants: 689 689 2020 Applicants: 3,490 3,490 2021 Applicants: 1,425 1,425 2022 Applicants: 3,123 3,123 2023 Applicants: 3,658 3,658 2024 Applicants: 3,529 3,529 2019 Admitted: 367 367 2020 Admitted: 2,254 2,254 2021 Admitted: 807 807 2022 Admitted: 1,354 1,354 2023 Admitted: 1,175 1,175 2024 Admitted: 2,560 2,560 2019 Enrolled: 241 241 2020 Enrolled: 173 173 2021 Enrolled: 129 129 2022 Enrolled: 174 174 2023 Enrolled: 170 170 2024 Enrolled: 156 156

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

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