Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 853 students of which 1,014 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 Mary-of-the-Woods 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 72.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 20. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $31,872, with published in-state tuition of $35,270 and a Pell grant recipient share of 49.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,512, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 49.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 61.8%. Graduates earn a median of $43,845 ten years after enrolling, compared with $41,863 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 65100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 52.3% 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.