Meredith College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Meredith College

Meredith College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,188 students of which 1,375 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. Meredith 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 74.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,204 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,488, with published in-state tuition of $45,630 and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 67.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.4%. Graduates earn a median of $51,539 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,293 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 85200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 67.6% 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.