Thiel College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Thiel College

Thiel College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Greenville, Pennsylvania (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 788 students of which 880 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. Thiel 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 71.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,347, with published in-state tuition of $38,344 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 46.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.3%. Graduates earn a median of $49,714 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,686 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 61900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.3% 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.