Hilbert College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Hilbert College

Hilbert College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Hamburg, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 921 students of which 2,788 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. Hilbert 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 97.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,723, with published in-state tuition of $33,740 and a Pell grant recipient share of 48.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,750, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 52.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 63.8%. Graduates earn a median of $48,309 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,369 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 65600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.5% 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.