Walnut Hill College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Walnut Hill College

Walnut Hill College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 175 students of which 223 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. Walnut Hill College is categorized as “30” 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 42.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $32,351, with published in-state tuition of $29,499 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,765, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 58.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.7%. Graduates earn a median of $36,689 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,867 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 38400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 54.2% 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.