Davidson College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Davidson College

Davidson College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Davidson, North Carolina (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,867 students of which 2,080 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. Davidson 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 13.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,469. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,379, with published in-state tuition of $64,410 and a Pell grant recipient share of 17.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,688, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 91.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 94.6%. Graduates earn a median of $81,400 ten years after enrolling, compared with $62,866 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 23600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 81.6% 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.