Paul Quinn College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Paul Quinn College

Paul Quinn College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Dallas, Texas (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 620 students of which 770 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. Paul Quinn 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 40.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,709, with published in-state tuition of $13,498 and a Pell grant recipient share of 67.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,373, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 32.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 49.0%. Graduates earn a median of $29,288 ten years after enrolling, compared with $27,021 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 23900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 47.0% 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.