- The Inkwell
- California
- Minerva University
San Francisco, CACity: largeZIP 94103Founded 2012
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Website
- www.minerva.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Minerva University
Minerva University is a private nonprofit university in San Francisco, California, with 637 undergraduates. It admits 3.0% of applicants and graduates 93% within six years.
93%graduate
Admission rate3.0%
Retention98%
4-year graduation79%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans80%
—net price / year
3.0%admission rate
—average SAT
93%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#40 of 1,738 for graduation rate#2 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
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $26,800
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $26,800
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 3.0%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college3.0%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college98%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college93%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 93%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 98%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 90%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Minerva University—
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
- 637
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 56% / 44%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 90%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,770 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $17,036
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White4.4%
Hispanic0.3%
Asian1.7%
Two or more races0.5%
U.S. nonresident21%
Unknown72%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Computer & information sciences47%
Business & management17%
Social sciences15%
Liberal arts & humanities12%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 484844. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6864512.