Edgewood College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Edgewood College

Edgewood College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Madison, Wisconsin (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,107 students of which 1,326 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. Edgewood College is categorized as “17” 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 75.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,113, with published in-state tuition of $35,860 and a Pell grant recipient share of 25.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,424, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 64.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.2%. Graduates earn a median of $59,728 ten years after enrolling, compared with $53,843 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 104500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 75.2% 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.