Keene State College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Keene State College

Keene State College operates as a public institution located in Keene, New Hampshire (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 2,699 students of which 2,938 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. Keene State 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 90.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 25. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,887, with published in-state tuition of $14,784 and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,749, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.7%. Graduates earn a median of $54,368 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,649 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 256600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 66.3% 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.