College · Private nonprofit · Chicopee, MA · Suburb
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate85%
6-yr median pay$54k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size949
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $54k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 85% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
949 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $54k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$216k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$70k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$146k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $43.3k
- Room & board
- $15.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans71%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr68%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$54k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out24%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 949
- Location
- Chicopee, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Elms College
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White45%
- Hispanic28%
- Black13%
- Unknown5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- International2%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time9%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$35k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33
What you can study.