Earlham College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Earlham College

Earlham College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Richmond, Indiana (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 670 students of which 747 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. Earlham 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 73.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,219 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,714, with published in-state tuition of $53,930 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,488, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 68.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.2%. Graduates earn a median of $50,797 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,430 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 38400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 45.0% 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.