The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 842 students of which 916 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 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 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 20.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,410. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,269, with published in-state tuition of $46,820 and a Pell grant recipient share of 27.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,000, 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 91.9%. Graduates earn a median of $83,847 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,707 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 11400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.8% 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.