- The Inkwell
- Texas
- North American University
Stafford, TXSuburb: largeZIP 77477Founded 2007
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2011
- Website
- www.na.edu
TexasPrivate nonprofit
North American University
North American University is a private nonprofit university in Stafford, Texas, with 609 undergraduates. It graduates 41% within six years and costs $24,462 a year after aid.
41%graduate
Retention46%
4-year graduation29%
Pell Grant share37%
Federal loans30%
$24,462net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
41%graduate in 6 years
$38,538median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,558median debt
#1,609 of 1,704 for earnings#1,191 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,337 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
- $32,700tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,436
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,436
- Average net price
- $24,462national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$24,029
$30,001–48,000$23,308
$48,001–75,000$26,938
$75,001–110,000$24,539
$110,001+$28,783
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 college46%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college41%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college37%
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
- 29%
- First-year retention
- 46%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 36%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,711
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,538middle 50%: $20,970–$55,855
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,558
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$55,855
Median, North American University$38,538
Lower quarter$20,970
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
- 609
- Part-time
- 6.2%
- Women / men
- 29% / 71%
- Average age at entry
- 20.7
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 42%
- Average faculty salary
- $4,633 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,234
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White5.2%
Hispanic15%
Black28%
Asian3.5%
Two or more races1.0%
U.S. nonresident44%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown3.5%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Computer & information sciences49%
Business & management35%
Education14%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting1.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 461795. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7053745.