Plaza College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Plaza College

Plaza College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Forest Hills, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 984 students of which 1,429 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. Plaza College is categorized as “23” 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 30.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,860, with published in-state tuition of $15,450 and a Pell grant recipient share of 85.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,751, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 65.4%. Graduates earn a median of $31,519 ten years after enrolling, compared with $32,282 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 117000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 27.2% 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.