Ensign College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Ensign College

Ensign College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 7,568 students of which 11,286 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. Ensign College is categorized as “1” 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. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,824, with published in-state tuition of $4,004 and a Pell grant recipient share of 8.2%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 37.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 54.4%. Graduates earn a median of $50,630 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,320 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 74600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 55.9% 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.