- The Inkwell
- Michigan
- Kuyper College
Grand Rapids, MISuburb: largeZIP 49525Founded 1939
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1939
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.kuyper.edu
MichiganReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Kuyper College
Kuyper College is a private nonprofit college in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with 145 undergraduates. It admits 69% of applicants, graduates 67% within six years and costs $24,540 a year after aid.
67%graduate
Admission rate69%
Retention59%
4-year graduation58%
Pell Grant share54%
Federal loans63%
$24,540net price / year
69%admission rate
—average SAT
67%graduate in 6 years
$43,326median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,780median debt
#1,501 of 1,704 for earnings#1,197 of 1,739 for lowest net price#484 of 1,738 for graduation rate#538 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
- $40,599tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $28,750
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $28,750
- Average net price
- $24,540national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$22,489
$30,001–48,000$25,303
$48,001–75,000$19,039
$75,001–110,000$28,335
$110,001+$30,542
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 69%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college69%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college59%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college67%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college54%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 67%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 58%
- First-year retention
- 59%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 54%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,126
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,326middle 50%: $27,116–$60,655
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,780
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$60,655
Median, Kuyper College$43,326
Lower quarter$27,116
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
- 145
- Part-time
- 11%
- Women / men
- 31% / 69%
- Average age at entry
- 21.0
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 29%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,553 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,903
- Endowment, end of year
- $6,676,265
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White44%
Hispanic10%
Black30%
Asian4.1%
Two or more races4.1%
U.S. nonresident5.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.7%
Unknown2.1%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities48%
Business & management24%
Public administration & social service20%
Theology & religious vocations8.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 171881. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6449111.