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Goshen College

Goshen College is a private campus in Goshen proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Mennonite Church affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$11,059

family income
under $30k

$13,394

$30–48k

$15,681

$48–75k

$17,823

$75–110k

$19,195

over $110k

Average net price

$14,4932023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Goshen College has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $19,360 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $14,493.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$15,582
2009	$16,871
2010	$17,662
2011	$19,360
2012	$18,640
2013	$17,869
2014	$17,533
2015	$15,642
2016	$19,251
2017	$18,164
2018	$19,342
2019	$17,251
2020	$16,407
2021	$18,353
2022	$15,725
2023	$14,493

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$48,4492024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Goshen College rose from $31,569 (2009) to $48,449 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$31,569
2010	$33,048
2011	$34,273
2012	$36,300
2013	$37,707
2014	$38,153
2015	$40,196
2016	$41,312
2017	$43,422
2018	$44,481
2019	$45,214
2020	$44,994
2021	$44,979
2022	$47,366
2023	$47,206
2024	$48,449

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$13,140
2001	$13,890
2002	$15,000
2003	$16,650
2004	$18,200
2005	$19,300
2006	$20,300
2007	$21,300
2008	$22,300
2013	$28,500
2014	$29,700
2015	$30,900
2016	$33,200
2017	$33,200
2018	$33,700
2019	$34,540
2020	$35,230
2021	$35,940
2022	$36,660
2023	$37,760

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Goshen College reports published tuition of $38,890 in this record. Goshen College's $38,890 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Goshen College reports 773 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

65% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Goshen College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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65%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Goshen College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 87.3% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 65%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	65%
1992 cohort	62.2%
1993 cohort	59%
1994 cohort	63%
1995 cohort	66.2%
1996 cohort	87.3%
1997 cohort	66%
1998 cohort	69.1%
1999 cohort	61.8%
2000 cohort	61.3%
2001 cohort	62.8%
2002 cohort	72.2%
2003 cohort	70.2%
2004 cohort	67.9%
2005 cohort	72.7%
2006 cohort	70.9%
2007 cohort	70.3%
2008 cohort	72.1%
2009 cohort	66.4%
2010 cohort	68.2%
2011 cohort	72.4%
2012 cohort	68.5%
2013 cohort	64.7%
2014 cohort	62.9%
2015 cohort	64.8%
2016 cohort	63.8%
2017 cohort	60.5%
2018 cohort	65%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$14,250	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$13,825	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$13,000	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$13,313	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$13,725	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$13,736	$6,725
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,375	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$15,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,500	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,500	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$15,625	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$16,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,125	$5,516
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$18,938	$6,700
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$19,500	$6,700
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$20,144	$6,700
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$20,500	$6,775
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$19,800	$6,700
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$20,203	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$19,500	$7,625
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$19,213	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$21,374	$6,444
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$22,974	$5,750

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$43,218

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$53,522

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$51,943

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Goshen College admitted 1,325 of 1,576 applicants in Fall 2024. The 84.1% rate describes that application pool.

84.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $37,760 tuition · 2023–24 773 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 880–11101600

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Admissions

Goshen College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Goshen College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 440–550 and Math was 440–560 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 880–1110 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	440	470	550
SAT Math	440	480	560

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Goshen College received 1,576 applications and admitted 1,325 (84.1%), with 198 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

84.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	46.2%
Fall 2002	53.9%
Fall 2003	61%
Fall 2004	74.9%
Fall 2005	68.2%
Fall 2006	75.6%
Fall 2007	73.1%
Fall 2008	63.6%
Fall 2009	67.5%
Fall 2010	55.5%
Fall 2011	59.5%
Fall 2012	59.5%
Fall 2013	55.1%
Fall 2014	54%
Fall 2015	65.9%
Fall 2016	62.5%
Fall 2017	63.9%
Fall 2018	66%
Fall 2019	63%
Fall 2020	92.4%
Fall 2021	92.8%
Fall 2022	93.5%
Fall 2023	88.9%
Fall 2024	84.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

880–1110Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	970	1280
Fall 2002	1020	1320
Fall 2003	1030	1300
Fall 2004	980	1300
Fall 2005	1020	1330
Fall 2006	990	1280
Fall 2007	950	1340
Fall 2008	970	1300
Fall 2009	960	1270
Fall 2010	1020	1280
Fall 2011	990	1160
Fall 2012	960	1260
Fall 2013	950	1250
Fall 2014	940	1260
Fall 2015	890	1178
Fall 2016	870	1196
Fall 2017	980	1233
Fall 2018	995	1210
Fall 2019	1010	1206
Fall 2020	940	1175
Fall 2021	990	1270
Fall 2022	980	1210
Fall 2023	850	1133
Fall 2024	880	1110

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–27Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	20	30
Fall 2002	22	29
Fall 2003	21	28
Fall 2004	20	28
Fall 2005	23	28
Fall 2006	22	28
Fall 2007	22	28
Fall 2008	22	28
Fall 2009	21	29
Fall 2010	21	28
Fall 2011	22	27
Fall 2012	21	28
Fall 2013	21	30
Fall 2014	21	28
Fall 2015	21	27
Fall 2016	22	29
Fall 2017	19	28
Fall 2018	20	27
Fall 2019	21	29
Fall 2020	20	28
Fall 2021	22	31
Fall 2022	22	29
Fall 2023	23	27

IPEDS Fall 2001–2023, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

773Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Goshen College fell from 938 (Fall 2002) to 773 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	938
Fall 2003	911
Fall 2004	882
Fall 2005	899
Fall 2006	929
Fall 2007	937
Fall 2008	903
Fall 2009	961
Fall 2010	883
Fall 2011	849
Fall 2012	859
Fall 2013	778
Fall 2014	746
Fall 2015	756
Fall 2016	793
Fall 2017	855
Fall 2018	825
Fall 2019	802
Fall 2020	800
Fall 2021	725
Fall 2022	704
Fall 2023	761
Fall 2024	773

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

80%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Goshen College has held near 80% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	81%
Fall 2003 cohort	82%
Fall 2004 cohort	80%
Fall 2005 cohort	83%
Fall 2006 cohort	84%
Fall 2007 cohort	84%
Fall 2008 cohort	84%
Fall 2009 cohort	78%
Fall 2010 cohort	79%
Fall 2011 cohort	85%
Fall 2012 cohort	77%
Fall 2013 cohort	77%
Fall 2014 cohort	78%
Fall 2015 cohort	82%
Fall 2016 cohort	78%
Fall 2017 cohort	73%
Fall 2018 cohort	76%
Fall 2019 cohort	76%
Fall 2020 cohort	70%
Fall 2021 cohort	80%
Fall 2022 cohort	78%
Fall 2023 cohort	80%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Goshen College

Faculty pay at Goshen College averages $78,156 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Goshen College as a primarily residential campus of 773 undergraduates — and 80.1% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Goshen College's SAT section-percentile sums are 880–1110 — their midpoint is below the IN four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Goshen College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Goshen College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Goshen College84.1%

Indiana median77.2%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Goshen College$38,890

Indiana median$32,352

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Goshen College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Goshen College$51,943

Indiana median$52,071

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Goshen College, Indiana and national reference values
Metric & basis	Goshen College	Indiana median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	84.1%	77.2%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$38,890	$32,352	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$51,943	$52,071	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Goshen College report?

Goshen College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 880–1110 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Goshen College's acceptance rate?

84.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,325 admitted from 1,576 applicants.

How much does Goshen College cost?

At Goshen College, tuition is $38,890. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Goshen College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $51,943. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Indiana

Grace College and Theological Seminary — 82.1% admitted
Franklin College — 69.8% admitted
Hanover College — 83.7% admitted
Holy Cross College — 75.2% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.