Keystone College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Keystone College

Keystone College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in La Plume, Pennsylvania (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 771 students of which 1,901 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. Keystone 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 84.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,051, with published in-state tuition of $18,300 and a Pell grant recipient share of 41.8%. 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 38.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 57.2%. Graduates earn a median of $44,976 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,653 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 109800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 50.5% 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.