College of the Atlantic

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for College of the Atlantic

College of the Atlantic operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Bar Harbor, Maine (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 353 students of which 381 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 the Atlantic is categorized as “21” 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 70.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,370. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $25,184, with published in-state tuition of $47,997 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,050, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 68.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.0%. Graduates earn a median of $40,264 ten years after enrolling. Within three years of entering repayment, 14400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 36.8% 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.