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Snow College

Ephraim, Utah·Public, 4-year or above·Rocky Mountains·snow.edu
6-yr Graduation
46%
+16.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
5,577
peer median 7,625
Avg net price
$5,552
-$2.9k vs Baccalaureate
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
46%+16.0pp vs Baccalaureate

Pell equity

1.2pp gap
Pell recipients
45%219 of 486
Non-Pell (all)
46%406 of 878
Subsidized loan, no Pell
38%34 of 90
No Federal Aid
47%372 of 788

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.

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.

FVT/GE

Of 121 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 118 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
121
Passing
2
1.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
0.8% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.8%
+0.2pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

121programs
  • Passing2 · 1.7%
  • No Data118 · 97.5%
  • Failing1 · 0.8%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
1
No data
118

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.

3
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
-9.2%
$33,705 vs $37,112
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+0.8%
$37,421 vs $37,112
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+71.5%
$63,631 vs $37,112

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+0.8%
+$309

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

1
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
19%
$7,000 debt · $37,421 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Accredited since 1953Next review Oct 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 6

  1. Jul 2022Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  2. Mar 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  3. Feb 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
  4. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
  5. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Theatre, Commission on Accreditation · Theatre (THEA) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$4,672
$30–48k$2,273
$48–75k$5,202
$75–110k$7,116
$110k+$11,788

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$5,552
-$2,876vs Baccalaureate median $8,429
Federal loans
12.0%
In-state tuition
$4,338
Out-of-state
$14,288

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,550 students received $8.1M in Pell grants, alongside $2.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,550
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.1M
$8,123,271 total
Direct Loans
$2.9M
955 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
2k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.4M
495 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.5M
456 loan awards
Parent PLUS$27K
4 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 653 borrowers who entered repayment, 16 (2.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.4%
+0.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
653
Defaulted
16
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
10.8%
2017
9.1%
2018
8.7%
2019
2.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Snow College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs127
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,006 total completions
01Business
17617.5%
02Health Professions
17117.0%
03Visual/Performing Arts
11511.4%
04Multi/Interdisciplinary
11010.9%
05Liberal Arts
10910.8%
06Engineering
10710.6%
07Education
908.9%
08Biological Sciences
676.7%
09Communication
313.1%
10Computer Sciences
303.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
5,577
12-mo unduplicated
6,863
Undergraduate
6,863
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
46%3,154
Women
54%3,709

Race / ethnicity composition

White
72.3%
Hispanic
11.1%
Non-resident
6.9%
Two or more
3.0%
Unknown
2.5%
Black
1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.7%
Asian
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
363
214 M · 149 W
Women athletes
41.0%
Athletic aid
$897K
Total student aid
Budget
$5.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$493K
$401K
Recruiting expense
$9K
$7K
Head-coach salaries
$50K
$40K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Football
82 M · —
$1.6M
Wrestling
26 M · 34 W
$444K
Soccer
28 M · 26 W
$493K
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
35 M · 15 W
$129K
Rodeo
17 M · 19 W
$99K
Basketball
14 M · 15 W
$808K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.45
8 offenses · 5,506 students

3-year trend

1.472 yrs ago1.671 yr ago1.45Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
27
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
27
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
5
Fondling
2
Burglary
1

By location

8total
  • On campus8

Includes 8 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
3
Dating violence
7
Stalking
10 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Race1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs70
Liquor64

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 3 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
18.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
159

Snow College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Snow College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectSnow College
46%—5,577$5,552Baccalaureate
Colorado Mountain College
14%—5,494$7,813Baccalaureate
Pueblo Community College
——7,284$12,045Baccalaureate
Community College of Denver
——7,965$9,450Baccalaureate
Red Rocks Community College
——8,419$9,044Baccalaureate
Pikes Peak State College
——12,556$6,007Baccalaureate
Peer group median30%—7,625$8,429

Institutions like Snow College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Snow College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Campuses

The 1 campus that make up Snow College.

IPEDS
  • UT

    Snow College - Central Utah Correctional Facility

    Gunnison, UT
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Snow College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Email
snowcollege [at] snow.edu
Phone
435.283.7000
Address
150 College Ave, Ephraim, Utah 84627

Institutional Research facilitates the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of institutional data and other information to help stakeholders and leaders make data-driven decisions beneficial to institutional planning and the achievement of institutional goals.

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Team
2 members
  • Beckie Hermansen
    Director of Institutional Research
  • Sam Rainsdon-Meek
    Chief Institutional Research Officer

Frequently asked questions about Snow College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Snow College.

What is the graduation rate at Snow College?

Snow College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 46% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Snow College?

Snow College reports a total enrollment of 5,577 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Snow College?

The average net price at Snow College is $5,552 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Snow College located?

Snow College is located in Ephraim, Utah 84627.

Who runs Institutional Research at Snow College?

Snow College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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