Saint Vincent College

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

Saint Vincent College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,259 students of which 1,342 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 Vincent 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 61.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,116 and an ACT midpoint of 25. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $23,510, with published in-state tuition of $42,396 and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.7%. 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 70.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 82.3%. Graduates earn a median of $59,982 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,267 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 83000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 71.7% 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.