College · Private nonprofit · Cedar Rapids, IA · City
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate64%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size1,164
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 64% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1223.
If you get in
1,164 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $67k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$269k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$75k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$195k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $54.7k
- Room & board
- $11.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants36%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans68%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr66%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$57k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out20%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,164
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Hispanic14%
- Black10%
- Unknown5%
- International4%
- Asian2%
- Two or more races1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students24%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$74k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.