Shepherds College

Admissions

Shepherds College admits 58% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is small at 60, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 100% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.

Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)

These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

Academics

61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 5:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.

Financial Aid

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Students pay $29,877 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($24,918 versus $30,006), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 80% of students receive grant aid, averaging $30,614 — common but not automatic. 37% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.

Net price by family income

The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24