Goshen College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Goshen College

Goshen College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Goshen, Indiana (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 773 students of which 802 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. Goshen 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 84.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 950 and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,493, with published in-state tuition of $38,890 and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,974, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 80.1%. Graduates earn a median of $51,943 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,218 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 43300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 63.6% 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.