Bennett College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bennett College

Bennett College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 178 students of which 203 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. Bennett College is categorized as “21” 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 50.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 925. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $28,299, with published in-state tuition of $19,140 and a Pell grant recipient share of 72.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $28,130, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 23.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.7%. Graduates earn a median of $36,654 ten years after enrolling, compared with $23,153 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 46600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 36.9% 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.