Saint Mary's College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Saint Mary's College

Saint Mary's College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,458 students of which 1,507 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's 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 76.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,246 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $25,292, with published in-state tuition of $53,230 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.9%. 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 72.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 88.1%. Graduates earn a median of $59,354 ten years after enrolling, compared with $53,470 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 60400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 82.3% 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.