Goucher College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Goucher College

Goucher College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 964 students of which 1,002 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. Goucher College is categorized as “21” 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 77.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,248 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,470, with published in-state tuition of $53,350 and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 58.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.6%. Graduates earn a median of $53,023 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,563 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 53400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 55.2% 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.