Richard Bland College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Richard Bland College

Richard Bland College operates as a public institution located in South Prince George, Virginia (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 894 students of which 2,955 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. Richard Bland College is categorized as “13” 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 89.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,045, with published in-state tuition of $9,090 and a Pell grant recipient share of 16.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $11,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 13.3% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $41,452 ten years after enrolling, compared with $34,377 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 49100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 54.6% 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.