Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts operates as a public institution located in North Adams, Massachusetts (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 713 students of which 1,095 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. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 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 89.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,068, with published in-state tuition of $12,436 and a Pell grant recipient share of 41.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,750, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 52.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 75.7%. Graduates earn a median of $48,102 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,803 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 90500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 54.2% 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.