Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Wheaton College (Massachusetts) operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Norton, Massachusetts (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,773 students of which 1,780 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. Wheaton College (Massachusetts) 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 67.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,308 and an ACT midpoint of 30. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,822, with published in-state tuition of $63,960 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 74.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 82.2%. Graduates earn a median of $67,725 ten years after enrolling, compared with $51,607 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 52800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.1% 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.