Goucher College
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 46 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 39 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 15.2%
- No Data39 · 84.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 1
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 431 students received $2.6M in Pell grants, alongside $7.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 380 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Goucher College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Goucher College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Goucher College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGoucher College | 57% | — | 1,459 | $22,470 | Baccalaureate |
| 65% | 56.9% | 923 | $27,898 | Baccalaureate | |
| 71% | 55.2% | 583 | $45,597 | Baccalaureate | |
| 77% | 64.0% | 1,841 | $31,563 | Baccalaureate | |
| 92% | 7.5% | 1,623 | $23,149 | Baccalaureate | |
| 49% | 82.6% | 1,601 | $36,861 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 68% | 56.9% | 1,530 | $29,731 |
Institutions like Goucher College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Goucher College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateMaryland
Washington College
Grad rate65%Admit rate56.9%Enrollment923Net price$27,898View data - BaccalaureateMaryland
St. John's College
Grad rate71%Admit rate55.2%Enrollment583Net price$45,597View data - BaccalaureateNew York
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Grad rate77%Admit rate64.0%Enrollment1,841Net price$31,563View data - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Swarthmore College
Grad rate92%Admit rate7.5%Enrollment1,623Net price$23,149View data - BaccalaureateNew York
Marymount Manhattan College
Grad rate49%Admit rate82.6%Enrollment1,601Net price$36,861View data
Goucher College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves as an official data source and a major vehicle for gathering and delivering evidence of institutional success and accountability for the College.
Visit IR office page- Arielle JubergData and Research Analyst
- Janet H. ShopeAssociate Vice President for Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Common Data Set
Goucher College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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