Southeastern College-West Palm Beach

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Southeastern College-West Palm Beach

Southeastern College-West Palm Beach operates as a private for-profit institution located in West Palm Beach, Florida (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 563 students of which 1,483 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. Southeastern College-West Palm Beach is categorized as “10” 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 87.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $28,820, with published in-state tuition of $24,480 and a Pell grant recipient share of 76.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 77.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 66.7%. Graduates earn a median of $41,200 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,935 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 197900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 50.8% 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.