- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Criswell College
Dallas, TXCity: largeZIP 75246Founded 1970
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1970
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2012
- Website
- www.criswell.edu
TexasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Criswell College
Criswell College is a private nonprofit college in Dallas, Texas, with 132 undergraduates. It admits 100% of applicants, graduates 41% within six years and costs $4,570 a year after aid.
41%graduate
Admission rate100%
Retention100%
4-year graduation32%
Pell Grant share54%
Federal loans15%
$4,570net price / year
100%admission rate
—average SAT
41%graduate in 6 years
$50,531median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,234 of 1,704 for earnings#33 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,335 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,526 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
- $30,456tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $17,190
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $17,190
- Average net price
- $4,570national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$4,525
$30,001–48,000$2,461
$48,001–75,000$3,968
$75,001–110,000$2,857
$110,001+$10,406
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 100%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college100%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college41%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college54%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 41%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 32%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 40%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,314
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $50,531middle 50%: $30,389–$72,364
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$72,364
Median, Criswell College$50,531
Lower quarter$30,389
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
- 132
- Part-time
- 15%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 29.2
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 24%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,560 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $22,814
- Endowment, end of year
- $11,611,484
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White62%
Hispanic17%
Black9.1%
Asian3.0%
Two or more races2.3%
U.S. nonresident6.8%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Psychology29%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies24%
Theology & religious vocations24%
Education14%
Liberal arts & humanities9.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 475608. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5186546.