Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 821 students of which 1,004 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. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is categorized as “26” 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 98.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,552, with published in-state tuition of $18,310 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,672, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 48.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 63.9%. Graduates earn a median of $59,419 ten years after enrolling, compared with $55,851 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 102500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 79.5% 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.