Paine College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Paine College

Paine College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Augusta, Georgia (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 388 students of which 379 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. Paine 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 95.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,670, with published in-state tuition of $14,596 and a Pell grant recipient share of 75.6%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 16.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 53.6%. Graduates earn a median of $33,338 ten years after enrolling, compared with $25,240 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 68000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 31.2% 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.