San Diego Christian College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for San Diego Christian College

San Diego Christian College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Santee, California (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 87 students of which 125 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. San Diego Christian 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 30.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $992, with published in-state tuition of $28,012 and a Pell grant recipient share of 45.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,941, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 21.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.7%. Graduates earn a median of $49,766 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,848 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 51200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 50.5% 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.