Culinary Institute of America

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Culinary Institute of America

Culinary Institute of America operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Hyde Park, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 3,011 students of which 3,950 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. Culinary Institute of America is categorized as “30” 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 91.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,060. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $36,113, with published in-state tuition of $39,850 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,750, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 63.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 70.0%. Graduates earn a median of $47,475 ten years after enrolling, compared with $37,846 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 233700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.4% 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.