DigiPen Institute of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for DigiPen Institute of Technology

DigiPen Institute of Technology operates as a private for-profit institution located in Redmond, Washington (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 995 students of which 1,638 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. DigiPen Institute of Technology 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 64.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,297 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $44,446, with published in-state tuition of $38,950 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.5%. 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 56.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.2%. Graduates earn a median of $79,878 ten years after enrolling, compared with $58,771 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 40300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 75.1% 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.