The New School

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

The New School operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 6,563 students of which 8,010 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 New School is categorized as “16” 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 63.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $58,741, with published in-state tuition of $58,694 and a Pell grant recipient share of 15.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,266, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 70.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.8%. Graduates earn a median of $52,901 ten years after enrolling, compared with $38,210 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 229400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.0% 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.