Rocky Mountain College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Rocky Mountain College

Rocky Mountain College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Billings, Montana (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 840 students of which 842 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. Rocky Mountain College is categorized as “20” 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 69.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,083 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,751, with published in-state tuition of $35,582 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 47.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.0%. Graduates earn a median of $49,036 ten years after enrolling, compared with $41,783 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 53400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 63.4% 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.