LaGrange College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for LaGrange College

LaGrange College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Lagrange, Georgia (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 636 students of which 615 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. LaGrange 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 62.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,875, with published in-state tuition of $35,400 and a Pell grant recipient share of 43.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,730, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 44.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.2%. Graduates earn a median of $51,745 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,599 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 55400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.7% 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.