Brewton-Parker College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Brewton-Parker College

Brewton-Parker College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Mount Vernon, Georgia (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 774 students of which 1,214 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. Brewton-Parker 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 96.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,054, with published in-state tuition of $20,120 and a Pell grant recipient share of 45.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,990, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 22.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 48.4%. Graduates earn a median of $42,009 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,732 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 46400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 46.4% 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.