Saint Anselm College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Saint Anselm College

Saint Anselm College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Manchester, New Hampshire (suburb: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 2,087 students of which 2,116 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. Saint Anselm 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 78.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,201 and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $34,779, with published in-state tuition of $48,920 and a Pell grant recipient share of 11.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 81.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 88.1%. Graduates earn a median of $73,371 ten years after enrolling, compared with $63,347 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 83900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 82.4% 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.