Campbellsville University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Campbellsville University

Campbellsville University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Campbellsville, Kentucky (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 2,840 students of which 8,763 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. Campbellsville University is categorized as “18” 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 79.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,341, with published in-state tuition of $27,998 and a Pell grant recipient share of 20.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,156, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 44.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 64.5%. Graduates earn a median of $41,583 ten years after enrolling, compared with $34,639 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 138000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 51.4% 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.