Fort Lewis College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Fort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College operates as a public institution located in Durango, Colorado (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 3,079 students of which 3,661 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. Fort Lewis 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 77.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,111 and an ACT midpoint of 20. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,296, with published in-state tuition of $9,958 and a Pell grant recipient share of 34.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,389, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 39.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 66.1%. Graduates earn a median of $46,349 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,352 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 167200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 53.0% 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.