- The Inkwell
- Iowa
- Grand View University
Des Moines, IACity: midsizeZIP 50316Founded 1896
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1896
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.grandview.edu
IowaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Grand View University
Grand View University is a private nonprofit university in Des Moines, Iowa, with 1,486 undergraduates. It admits 99% of applicants, graduates 49% within six years and costs $21,705 a year after aid.
49%graduate
Admission rate99%
Retention70%
4-year graduation42%
Pell Grant share46%
Federal loans64%
$21,705net price / year
99%admission rate
—average SAT
49%graduate in 6 years
$58,718median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,500median debt
#865 of 1,704 for earnings#1,005 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,073 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,479 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
- $49,220tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $36,136
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $36,136
- Average net price
- $21,705national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,979
$30,001–48,000$23,156
$48,001–75,000$17,963
$75,001–110,000$19,643
$110,001+$25,679
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 99%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college99%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college70%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college49%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college46%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 49%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 42%
- First-year retention
- 70%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 61%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,149
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $58,718middle 50%: $41,472–$82,332
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$82,332
Median, Grand View University$58,718
Lower quarter$41,472
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
- 1,486
- Part-time
- 7.2%
- Women / men
- 55% / 45%
- Average age at entry
- 23.2
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 41%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,384 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,383
- Endowment, end of year
- $37,528,470
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White54%
Hispanic13%
Black9.6%
Asian4.2%
Two or more races4.7%
U.S. nonresident3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown11%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management25%
Health professions13%
Parks, recreation & fitness10%
Public administration & social service9.3%
Education9.0%
Psychology8.5%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting4.8%
Liberal arts & humanities4.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 153375. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5595242.