Cedar Crest College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 834 students of which 1,071 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. Cedar Crest 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 84.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 25. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,659, with published in-state tuition of $46,314 and a Pell grant recipient share of 43.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 71.0%. Graduates earn a median of $59,460 ten years after enrolling, compared with $48,295 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 100600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.2% 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.