Five Towns College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Five Towns College

Five Towns College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Dix Hills, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 547 students of which 870 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. Five Towns College is categorized as “30” 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 53.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,992, with published in-state tuition of $30,250 and a Pell grant recipient share of 34.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 52.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.7%. Graduates earn a median of $35,887 ten years after enrolling, compared with $25,305 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 61200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 46.6% 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.