Marietta College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Marietta College

Marietta College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Marietta, Ohio (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 952 students of which 1,170 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. Marietta 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 79.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,088 and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,083, with published in-state tuition of $39,652 and a Pell grant recipient share of 33.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.4%. Graduates earn a median of $57,180 ten years after enrolling, compared with $51,252 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 74600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.7% 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.