Sumner College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Sumner College

Sumner College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 532 students of which 791 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. Sumner College 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 88.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,411 and a Pell grant recipient share of 33.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $16,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 80.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 100.0%. Graduates earn a median of $46,639 ten years after enrolling, compared with $63,316 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 32800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.7% 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.