Champlain College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Champlain College

Champlain College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Burlington, Vermont (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 2,752 students of which 3,701 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. Champlain College 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 82.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,312. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $35,860, with published in-state tuition of $47,850 and a Pell grant recipient share of 25.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,814, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 64.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.7%. Graduates earn a median of $58,386 ten years after enrolling, compared with $48,844 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 129800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.8% 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.