Cottey College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Cottey College

Cottey College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Nevada, Missouri (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 254 students of which 269 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. Cottey College is categorized as “23” 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 69.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,805, with published in-state tuition of $27,562 and a Pell grant recipient share of 46.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,043, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 58.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.2%. Graduates earn a median of $35,422 ten years after enrolling, compared with $32,903 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 22100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 50.3% 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.