Benedict College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Benedict College

Benedict College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 1,536 students of which 1,896 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. Benedict 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 95.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,250, with published in-state tuition of $17,440 and a Pell grant recipient share of 62.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $32,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 22.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 57.3%. Graduates earn a median of $31,902 ten years after enrolling, compared with $24,908 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 249700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 30.4% 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.