ASPIRA City College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for ASPIRA City College

ASPIRA City College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 8 students of which 18 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. ASPIRA City College is categorized as “-2” 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 50.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,671, with published in-state tuition of $12,147 and a Pell grant recipient share of 78.6%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable. Graduates earn a median of $34,857 ten years after enrolling, compared with $21,998 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 14800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 29.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.