Beacon College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Beacon College

Beacon College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Leesburg, Florida (suburb: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 506 students of which 592 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. Beacon College is categorized as “22” 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 43.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $53,517, with published in-state tuition of $51,680 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 58.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.9%. Graduates earn a median of $29,420 ten years after enrolling, compared with $19,919 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 3900.0% 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.