The College of Westchester

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The College of Westchester

The College of Westchester operates as a private for-profit institution located in White Plains, New York (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 759 students of which 1,575 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 College of Westchester 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 94.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,296, with published in-state tuition of $25,191 and a Pell grant recipient share of 62.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,967, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 34.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.3%. Graduates earn a median of $42,215 ten years after enrolling, compared with $32,951 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 112000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.2% 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.