Savannah College of Art and Design

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah College of Art and Design operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Savannah, Georgia (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 15,243 students of which 16,171 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. Savannah College of Art and Design is categorized as “18” 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 83.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,173. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $49,430, with published in-state tuition of $41,630 and a Pell grant recipient share of 18.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,148, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.3%. Graduates earn a median of $45,954 ten years after enrolling, compared with $34,110 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 376200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 53.3% 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.