Le Moyne College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Le Moyne College

Le Moyne College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Syracuse, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,439 students of which 2,731 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. Le Moyne College is categorized as “18” 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 83.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,255 and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,277, with published in-state tuition of $40,330 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 72.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.5%. Graduates earn a median of $62,731 ten years after enrolling, compared with $53,493 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 135400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 74.2% 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.