Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $77,539 ten years after enrolling, more than at 90% of colleges; 84% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 3.3 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$13.5K
According to Scripps College's most recent Common Data Set, 25% of its Class of 2025 graduates (288 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $25,027 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
85 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years. (287 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
77 of 100 finish within 4 years, 84 within 6, and 85 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 77% | 84% | 85% |
| Started in college here | 77% | 84% | 84% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients26 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant45 students
82% · 1 point above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan181 students
81% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White138 students
84% · 2 points above all students
- Asian31 students
90% · 8 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino38 students
82% · 1 point below all students
- Black13 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Two or more races19 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- International9 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Scripps College. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Scripps College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Scripps College Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)