Westminster College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Westminster College

Westminster College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,041 students of which 1,233 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. Westminster College is categorized as “21” 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 92.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,859, with published in-state tuition of $40,290 and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,060, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 65.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.0%. Graduates earn a median of $53,861 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,938 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 73700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.5% 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.