Rust College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Rust College

Rust College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Holly Springs, Mississippi (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 467 students of which 517 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. Rust 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 48.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,587, with published in-state tuition of $13,265 and a Pell grant recipient share of 71.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,159, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 17.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.4%. Graduates earn a median of $32,275 ten years after enrolling, compared with $25,641 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 66200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 27.4% 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.