American College of Healthcare Sciences

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for American College of Healthcare Sciences

American College of Healthcare Sciences operates as a private for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 759 students of which 1,187 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. American College of Healthcare Sciences is categorized as “26” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 53.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $23,782, with published in-state tuition of $13,040 and a Pell grant recipient share of 65.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $13,523, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, and the first-year retention rate is 100.0%. Ten-year median earnings data is not yet published, compared with $26,458 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 1200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.