Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 244 students of which 278 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. Bryn Athyn College of the New Church 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 82.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,586, with published in-state tuition of $28,917 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 54.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.3%. Graduates earn a median of $40,457 ten years after enrolling, compared with $32,083 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 8800.0% 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.