- The Inkwell
- Missouri
- Calvary University
Kansas City, MOCity: largeZIP 64147Founded 1932
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1932
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.calvary.edu
MissouriReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Calvary University
Calvary University is a private nonprofit university in Kansas City, Missouri, with 154 undergraduates. It admits 72% of applicants, graduates 39% within six years and costs $16,756 a year after aid.
39%graduate
Admission rate72%
Retention54%
4-year graduation27%
Pell Grant share44%
Federal loans29%
$16,756net price / year
72%admission rate
1050average SAT
39%graduate in 6 years
$45,535median earnings, 10 yrs
$16,320median debt
#1,442 of 1,704 for earnings#619 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,373 of 1,738 for graduation rate#613 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
- $23,930tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,054
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,054
- Average net price
- $16,756national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$13,496
$30,001–48,000$14,597
$48,001–75,000$14,188
$75,001–110,000$21,019
$110,001+$22,334
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 72%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1050
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 500–610
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 480–530
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 17–24
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college72%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college54%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college39%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college44%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 39%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 27%
- First-year retention
- 54%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 46%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,908
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,535middle 50%: $28,207–$65,896
- Median debt at graduation
- $16,320
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$65,896
Median, Calvary University$45,535
Lower quarter$28,207
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
- 154
- Part-time
- 30%
- Women / men
- 55% / 45%
- Average age at entry
- 25.6
- First-generation students
- 35%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 44%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 48%
- Average faculty salary
- $4,019 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,558
- Endowment, end of year
- $482,920
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White77%
Hispanic9.7%
Black6.5%
Asian1.9%
Two or more races2.6%
U.S. nonresident1.3%
Unknown1.3%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations48%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies22%
Business & management18%
Education7.5%
Visual & performing arts5.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 176789. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5024150.