CUNY Medgar Evers College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for CUNY Medgar Evers College

CUNY Medgar Evers College operates as a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 3,233 students of which 4,918 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. CUNY Medgar Evers 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 86.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 920. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $5,718, with published in-state tuition of $7,352 and a Pell grant recipient share of 56.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $10,988, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 21.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 49.7%. Graduates earn a median of $46,498 ten years after enrolling, compared with $37,538 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 121400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 50.1% 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.