Woodbury University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Woodbury University

Woodbury University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Burbank, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 779 students of which 872 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. Woodbury University is categorized as “20” 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 81.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $33,692, with published in-state tuition of $47,056 and a Pell grant recipient share of 46.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,960, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 58.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 74.0%. Graduates earn a median of $65,668 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,665 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 67500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.8% 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.