College · Private nonprofit · Goshen, IN · City
Goshen College
Goshen, IN
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate84%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size773
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 84% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 950 · ACT 27.
If you get in
773 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 $48k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$194k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$58k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$136k
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
- $38.9k
- Room & board
- $11.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants36%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans47%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention79%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr65%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$43k
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 out22%
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
- 773
- Location
- Goshen, IN
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White44%
- Hispanic27%
- International15%
- Black6%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown2%
- Asian2%
First-gen students37%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$56k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 47
What you can study.