New England College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for New England College

New England College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,022 students of which 1,229 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. New England College is categorized as “18” 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 92.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,972, with published in-state tuition of $41,938 and a Pell grant recipient share of 36.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 32.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 61.3%. Graduates earn a median of $42,092 ten years after enrolling, compared with $31,050 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 82600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 56.9% 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.