- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Parker University
Dallas, TXCity: largeZIP 75229Founded 1982
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1982
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1985
- Website
- www.parker.edu
TexasPrivate nonprofit
Parker University
Parker University is a private nonprofit university in Dallas, Texas, with 607 undergraduates. It graduates 83% within six years and costs $28,806 a year after aid.
83%graduate
Retention50%
4-year graduation0%
Pell Grant share56%
Federal loans65%
$28,806net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
83%graduate in 6 years
$56,771median earnings, 10 yrs
$12,500median debt
#953 of 1,704 for earnings#1,416 of 1,739 for lowest net price#139 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
- $43,327tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $18,523
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $18,523
- Average net price
- $28,806national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$27,384
$30,001–48,000$26,694
$48,001–75,000$26,384
$75,001–110,000$34,146
$110,001+$33,238
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 college83%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college56%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 83%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 68%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,535
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,771middle 50%: $29,674–$85,383
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$85,383
Median, Parker University$56,771
Lower quarter$29,674
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
- 607
- Part-time
- 36%
- Women / men
- 70% / 30%
- Average age at entry
- 30.1
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 60%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,013 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,470
- Endowment, end of year
- $46,703,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White28%
Hispanic18%
Black33%
Asian4.1%
Two or more races2.0%
U.S. nonresident0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown14%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions60%
Biological & biomedical sciences38%
Computer & information sciences1.7%
Parks, recreation & fitness0.4%
Business & management0.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 243823. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7138388.