- The Inkwell
- Michigan
- Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MICity: midsizeZIP 49506Founded 1886
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1886
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.aquinas.edu
MichiganReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Aquinas College
Aquinas College is a private nonprofit college in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with 1,083 undergraduates. It admits 90% of applicants, graduates 56% within six years and costs $21,630 a year after aid.
56%graduate
Admission rate90%
Retention78%
4-year graduation41%
Pell Grant share32%
Federal loans80%
$21,630net price / year
90%admission rate
1025average SAT
56%graduate in 6 years
$53,667median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,000median debt
#1,086 of 1,704 for earnings#999 of 1,739 for lowest net price#813 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,183 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $55,262tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $41,992
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $41,992
- Average net price
- $21,630national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,365
$30,001–48,000$11,654
$48,001–75,000$15,060
$75,001–110,000$18,350
$110,001+$27,503
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 90%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1025
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 470–590
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 440–550
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 20–26
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college90%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college78%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college56%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college32%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 56%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 41%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,028
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $53,667middle 50%: $38,091–$72,970
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$72,970
Median, Aquinas College$53,667
Lower quarter$38,091
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,083
- Part-time
- 7.3%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 20.2
- First-generation students
- 22%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 51%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,660 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,672
- Endowment, end of year
- $46,683,981
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White74%
Hispanic9.3%
Black2.7%
Asian1.6%
Two or more races5.5%
U.S. nonresident4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown2.7%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management27%
Parks, recreation & fitness10%
Education9.0%
Health professions9.0%
Psychology8.1%
Social sciences8.1%
Biological & biomedical sciences6.2%
English language & literature3.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 168786. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4782984.