Spring Hill College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Spring Hill College

Spring Hill College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Mobile, Alabama (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 782 students of which 935 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. Spring Hill College is categorized as “22” 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 76.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,120 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,449, with published in-state tuition of $24,054 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.6%. 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 54.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 70.2%. Graduates earn a median of $51,500 ten years after enrolling, compared with $41,358 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 61100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 67.3% 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.