- The Inkwell
- Missouri
- Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies
Springfield, MOCity: midsizeZIP 65802Founded 1873
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1873
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.drury.edu/go
MissouriReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies is a private nonprofit university in Springfield, Missouri, with 632 undergraduates. It graduates 51% within six years and costs $12,743 a year after aid.
51%graduate
Retention50%
4-year graduation12%
Pell Grant share69%
Federal loans41%
$12,743net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
51%graduate in 6 years
$45,136median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,581median debt
#1,446 of 1,704 for earnings#345 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,011 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $20,401tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,054
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $8,054
- Average net price
- $12,743national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,182
$30,001–48,000$12,368
$48,001–75,000$11,477
$75,001–110,000$19,378
$110,001+$19,651
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college50%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college51%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college69%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 51%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 12%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 42%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,295
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,136middle 50%: $29,425–$67,148
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,581
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$67,148
Median, Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies$45,136
Lower quarter$29,425
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
- 632
- Part-time
- 39%
- Women / men
- 64% / 36%
- Average age at entry
- 26.1
- First-generation students
- 41%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $5,409 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,985
- Endowment, end of year
- $536,665
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White66%
Hispanic14%
Black8.1%
Asian2.7%
Two or more races3.2%
U.S. nonresident0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown4.9%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting26%
Business & management20%
Psychology10%
Education9.4%
Health professions9.4%
Liberal arts & humanities8.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies3.4%
Communication & journalism2.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 492801. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5309401.