Davis & Elkins College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Davis & Elkins College

Davis & Elkins College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Elkins, West Virginia (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 661 students of which 781 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. Davis & Elkins 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 94.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,273, with published in-state tuition of $31,820 and a Pell grant recipient share of 43.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 37.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 65.2%. Graduates earn a median of $43,411 ten years after enrolling, compared with $38,495 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 44500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 51.0% 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.