Fisher College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Fisher College

Fisher College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,167 students of which 2,700 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. Fisher 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 70.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 20. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,649, with published in-state tuition of $35,689 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 28.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 54.6%. Graduates earn a median of $49,669 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,366 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 126800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.9% 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.