Monmouth College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Monmouth College

Monmouth College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Monmouth, Illinois (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 702 students of which 758 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. Monmouth 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 90.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,128 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,133, with published in-state tuition of $44,922 and a Pell grant recipient share of 37.1%. 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 62.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 74.4%. Graduates earn a median of $51,110 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,158 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 76000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.5% 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.