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College of Our Lady of the Elms is a private regional university located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. College of Our Lady of the Elms is moderately inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at College of Our Lady of the Elms is in the bottom 50% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $51,531 10 years after enrolling, 45th in Massachusetts, and in the top 50% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, College of Our Lady of the Elms bachelor students earn 6% less than the national average. College of Our Lady of the Elms is ranked 42nd in Massachusetts.
College of Our Lady of the Elms’s median net annual cost of $25,321 and average years to graduate of 4.2 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 6 programs at College of Our Lady of the Elms sorted by number of graduates - Registered Nursing, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Psychology, Health Administrative Services - are shown below. To see more programs, click on "see additional programs".
Annual net cost
$25,321
Average years to graduate
4.2
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Economic score: 7.46
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Economic score: 13.48
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 1 graduate programs at College of Our Lady of the Elms - Special Education - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.2 years. 77% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at College of Our Lady of the Elms is 5% higher than the state average, and 19% above the average for all regional universities in the country.
At College of Our Lady of the Elms, Pell Grant recipients represent 44% of the measured graduating class, 9% higher than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at College of Our Lady of the Elms graduates within 4.2 years.
College of Our Lady of the Elms is in the top 5% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
College of Our Lady of the Elms’s economic mobility score of 16.54 is calculated by adjusting the 4.64 economic score of lower-income students by the 44% pell grant recipients within the student body. College of Our Lady of the Elms’s EMS of 16.54 ranks in the top 50% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
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The average Title IV recipient at College of Our Lady of the Elms pays $25,321 a year, $30,646 less than the $55,967 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $25,321
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At College of Our Lady of the Elms, 99% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $25,321 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 76% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $10,552. This is 22% more than the national average.
Federal grants
$7,283
Pell grants
$4,988
State grants
$1,557
Institutional grants
$22,917
College of Our Lady of the Elms offers 5 online bachelor programs, all of which are hybrid format. At the master’s level College of Our Lady of the Elms offers 5 programs, all of which are held exclusively online. We use the IPEDS July '20 — July '21 Distance Education report to determine which programs are online. EarningsPlus data is provided when available.
Online programs
10
Hybrid programs
5
Percentage of programs online
23%
College of Our Lady of the Elms's moderately inclusive admissions are indicated by their 68% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 1,565 applicants, of which 1,063 were admitted and 184 enrolled. College of Our Lady of the Elms has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
Full time
68%
83%
Female
77%
59%
First time
38%
59%
In-state
78%
68%
1st generation
35%
35%
White
50%
52%
Black
9%
14%
Hispanic
15%
15%
Asian
2%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
23%
12%