Colorado College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Colorado College

Colorado College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,014 students of which 2,349 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. Colorado College 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 18.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,365. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $33,375, with published in-state tuition of $70,734 and a Pell grant recipient share of 14.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,257, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 86.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 93.6%. Graduates earn a median of $65,222 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,611 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 29700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.3% 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.