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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Christian Methodist Episcopal
Location Fairfield, AL
Population 900,000
Website https://www.miles.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,738 (70%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (66%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,177
Men / Women 53% / 47%
Athletes 24.5%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 93%
White 3%
Hispanic 2%
Mixed 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
International 0%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 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: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 96.1% 96.1% 2012 Black: 95.5% 95.5% 2013 Black: 95.3% 95.3% 2014 Black: 94.1% 94.1% 2015 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2016 Black: 96.5% 96.5% 2017 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2018 Black: 96.8% 96.8% 2019 Black: 96.8% 96.8% 2020 Black: 96.1% 96.1% 2021 Black: 95.3% 95.3% 2022 Black: 95.1% 95.1% 2023 Black: 92.1% 92.1% 2024 Black: 94.0% 94.0% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2017 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2011 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2014 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2015 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2018 White: 2.3% 2.3% 2019 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2020 White: 2.5% 2.5% 2021 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 White: 4.9% 4.9% 2024 White: 4.3% 4.3% 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: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Black: 92.7% 92.7% 2021 Black: 93.4% 93.4% 2022 Black: 94.6% 94.6% 2023 Black: 95.4% 95.4% 2024 Black: 93.8% 93.8% 2025 Black: 93.1% 93.1% 2020 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2025 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 White: 3.5% 3.5% 2021 White: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 White: 3.1% 3.1% 2023 White: 3.0% 3.0% 2024 White: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 White: 3.1% 3.1% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Division of Business Administration 73 51% / 49% 0% $46,572 39 95%
Accounting 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $59,374 70 —
Accounting and Management 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $58,586 69 —
Actuarial Science 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Business Administration 48 — 46% / 54% 0% $45,520 36 95%
Business Management 17 — 65% / 35% 0% $44,360 33 —
Management Information Systems 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $59,453 71 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Division of Education 11 0% / 100% 0% $46,334 39
Biology Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Early Childhood Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Elementary Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,406 39 —
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,977 37 —
Mathematics Teacher Education — — — — $44,798 34 —
Social Studies Education — — — — $45,783 37 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Division of Humanities 22 59% / 41% 0% $39,647 19
English 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,335 27 —
History 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $43,457 30 —
Mass Communication 13 — 69% / 31% 0% $39,522 19 —
Fine Arts — — — — $38,567 17 —
Music 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $37,374 15 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 57 28% / 72% 0% $53,015 57
Computer Information Systems 10 — 70% / 30% 0% $84,445 93 —
Chemistry 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,172 35 —
Mathematics 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $69,356 83 —
Biology 42 — 14% / 86% 0% $45,330 36 —
Environmental Science 3 — 67% / 33% 0% — — —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences 80 20% / 80% 0% $43,381 30 96%
Child Development 14 — 7% / 93% 0% $40,775 22 —
Political Science 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $44,128 32 —
Psychology 17 — 6% / 94% 0% $42,290 27 —
Social Work 14 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,141 32 —
Criminal Justice 33 — 36% / 64% 0% $44,681 34 96%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $14,246
ROI Percentile 39th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 56%
4-Year Graduation Rate 10%
6-Year Graduation Rate 16%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 7% 14% 21% 28% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 19.5% 19.5% 2012 Graduated: 15.3% 15.3% 2013 Graduated: 21.6% 21.6% 2014 Graduated: 20.2% 20.2% 2015 Graduated: 20.2% 20.2% 2016 Graduated: 16.6% 16.6% 2017 Graduated: 21.3% 21.3% 2018 Graduated: 24.2% 24.2% 2019 Graduated: 25.0% 25.0% 2020 Graduated: 23.5% 23.5% 2021 Graduated: 23.9% 23.9% 2022 Graduated: 26.4% 26.4% 2023 Graduated: 25.7% 25.7% 2024 Graduated: 15.8% 15.8%

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

Men Women
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 15.6% 15.6% 2012 Men: 11.4% 11.4% 2013 Men: 17.1% 17.1% 2014 Men: 14.1% 14.1% 2015 Men: 13.6% 13.6% 2016 Men: 12.4% 12.4% 2017 Men: 17.7% 17.7% 2018 Men: 20.8% 20.8% 2019 Men: 19.3% 19.3% 2020 Men: 17.5% 17.5% 2021 Men: 16.7% 16.7% 2022 Men: 23.5% 23.5% 2023 Men: 19.2% 19.2% 2024 Men: 17.5% 17.5% 2011 Women: 24.3% 24.3% 2012 Women: 20.1% 20.1% 2013 Women: 26.0% 26.0% 2014 Women: 27.2% 27.2% 2015 Women: 27.9% 27.9% 2016 Women: 22.7% 22.7% 2017 Women: 27.5% 27.5% 2018 Women: 29.4% 29.4% 2019 Women: 33.5% 33.5% 2020 Women: 30.9% 30.9% 2021 Women: 32.3% 32.3% 2022 Women: 30.0% 30.0% 2023 Women: 34.1% 34.1% 2024 Women: 14.4% 14.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 20.3% 20.3% 2012 Black: 14.3% 14.3% 2013 Black: 21.0% 21.0% 2014 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2015 Black: 20.4% 20.4% 2016 Black: 16.0% 16.0% 2017 Black: 21.3% 21.3% 2018 Black: 24.3% 24.3% 2019 Black: 25.1% 25.1% 2020 Black: 23.8% 23.8% 2021 Black: 24.1% 24.1% 2022 Black: 26.5% 26.5% 2023 Black: 24.3% 24.3% 2024 Black: 15.9% 15.9% 2011 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 White: 66.7% 66.7% 2013 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 White: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2017 White: 33.3% 33.3% 2018 White: 30.0% 30.0% 2019 White: 37.5% 37.5% 2020 White: 16.7% 16.7% 2021 White: 37.5% 37.5% 2022 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 White: 53.3% 53.3% 2024 White: 20.0% 20.0%

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/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 30.0% 73 51% / 49% 0% $46,572 39 95%
Humanities & Social Sciences 26.3% 64 23% / 77% 0% $41,897 25 —
Life & Natural Sciences 17.3% 42 14% / 86% 0% $45,330 36 —
Professional 13.6% 33 36% / 64% 0% $44,681 34 96%
Education 4.5% 11 0% / 100% 0% $46,335 39 —
Computer Science 4.1% 10 70% / 30% 0% $84,445 93 —
Arts 2.1% 5 40% / 60% 0% $37,374 15 —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.2% 3 67% / 33% 0% — — —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.8% 2 50% / 50% 0% $57,264 66 —

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 95%
Yield (Unbound) 12%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 95% 95% 95%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional