College of Our Lady of the Elms

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for College of Our Lady of the Elms

College of Our Lady of the Elms operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Chicopee, Massachusetts (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 949 students of which 1,229 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. College of Our Lady of the Elms 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 85.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,545, with published in-state tuition of $43,325 and a Pell grant recipient share of 45.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 66.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.0%. Graduates earn a median of $51,540 ten years after enrolling, compared with $54,087 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 63200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 76.9% 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.