Newberry College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Newberry College

Newberry College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Newberry, South Carolina (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,479 students of which 1,580 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. Newberry 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 89.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,656, with published in-state tuition of $31,100 and a Pell grant recipient share of 48.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,805, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 44.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.3%. Graduates earn a median of $48,040 ten years after enrolling, compared with $38,983 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 65400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 58.5% 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.