Covenant College Overview

Covenant College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The rural area surrounding Covenant is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

What Is Covenant College Known For?

• Students at Covenant have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 0%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Covenant.
• For the <nil> academic year, 97% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Covenant with a bachelor's degree make about $49,143 a year. That's 20% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average Covenant student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Covenant College?

Contact details for Covenant are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	14049 Scenic Highway, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750-4164
Phone:	706-820-1560
Website:	www.covenant.edu

How Do I Get Into Covenant?

You can apply to Covenant online at: www.covenant.edu/admissions/undergrad/apply

Admission Requirements for Covenant

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Covenant?

Covenant has the high acceptance rate of 89%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 34% of students accepted to Covenant submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 520 and 640.

Covenant received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 33. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford Covenant College?

The overall average net price of Covenant is $29,396. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Covenant, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $8,399 a year. That adds up to $33,596 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Covenant is 0.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Covenant College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 872 undergraduate students at Covenant, with 804 being full-time and 68 being part-time.

There are also 42 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 804 full-time undergraduates at Covenant, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Covenant College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	693
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Covenant College. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Covenant. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Indonesia, China, and Kenya.

Online Learning at Covenant College

In 2020-2021, 9 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Covenant has changed over the last few years.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Unknown under License

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