Mitchell College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Mitchell College

Mitchell College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New London, Connecticut (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 377 students of which 560 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. Mitchell 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 94.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $30,260, with published in-state tuition of $40,490 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,150, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 59.0%. Graduates earn a median of $39,115 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,330 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 50800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 45.5% 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.