The Ailey School

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The Ailey School

The Ailey School operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 94 students of which 88 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. The Ailey School is categorized as “-2” 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 32.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $35,855, with published in-state tuition of $14,817 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 73.9% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $22,782 ten years after enrolling, compared with $23,620 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 5300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.