Colby-Sawyer College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Colby-Sawyer College

Colby-Sawyer College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New London, New Hampshire (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 771 students of which 983 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. Colby-Sawyer College is categorized as “22” 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 80.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $27,431, with published in-state tuition of $19,125 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.8%. 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 59.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.7%. Graduates earn a median of $46,474 ten years after enrolling, compared with $37,935 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 65800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.2% 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.