Culver-Stockton College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Culver-Stockton College

Culver-Stockton College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Canton, Missouri (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 807 students of which 979 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. Culver-Stockton College is categorized as “22” 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 99.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,983, with published in-state tuition of $30,875 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 44.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.2%. Graduates earn a median of $46,092 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,673 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 51600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.2% 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.