Chestnut Hill College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 815 students of which 1,111 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. Chestnut Hill College is categorized as “19” 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 74.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $27,970, with published in-state tuition of $39,870 and a Pell grant recipient share of 52.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,389, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 52.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 62.4%. Graduates earn a median of $52,015 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,221 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 105800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 67.0% 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.