Berry College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Berry College

Berry College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Mount Berry, Georgia (suburb: small), with a total reported enrollment of 2,245 students of which 2,287 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. Berry College is categorized as “20” 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 64.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,220 and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,320, with published in-state tuition of $41,686 and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 71.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.5%. Graduates earn a median of $53,800 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,014 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 69500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.1% 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.