Lewis & Clark College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & Clark College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Portland, Oregon (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,120 students of which 2,247 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. Lewis & Clark College is categorized as “21” 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 78.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 30. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $36,013, with published in-state tuition of $64,828 and a Pell grant recipient share of 20.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 73.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 88.8%. Graduates earn a median of $62,205 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,608 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 56000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 63.8% 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.