Tabor College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Tabor College

Tabor College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Hillsboro, Kansas (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 494 students of which 627 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. Tabor 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 64.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,205, with published in-state tuition of $36,200 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,887, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 33.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 52.7%. Graduates earn a median of $54,058 ten years after enrolling, compared with $42,896 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 48500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 61.8% 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.