- The Inkwell
- Kansas
- Tabor College
Hillsboro, KSRural: remoteZIP 67063Founded 1908
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1908
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- tabor.edu
KansasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Tabor College
Tabor College is a private nonprofit college in Hillsboro, Kansas, with 494 undergraduates. It admits 65% of applicants, graduates 32% within six years and costs $19,034 a year after aid.
32%graduate
Admission rate65%
Retention53%
4-year graduation32%
Pell Grant share39%
Federal loans54%
$19,034net price / year
65%admission rate
—average SAT
32%graduate in 6 years
$58,789median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,500median debt
#860 of 1,704 for earnings#801 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,516 of 1,738 for graduation rate#452 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
- $51,500tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $36,950
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $36,950
- Average net price
- $19,034national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,032
$30,001–48,000$14,514
$48,001–75,000$14,523
$75,001–110,000$23,469
$110,001+$23,714
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 65%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college65%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college53%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college32%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college39%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 32%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 32%
- First-year retention
- 53%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 41%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,583
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $58,789middle 50%: $37,663–$83,089
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$83,089
Median, Tabor College$58,789
Lower quarter$37,663
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
- 494
- Part-time
- 0.8%
- Women / men
- 40% / 60%
- Average age at entry
- 23.0
- First-generation students
- 31%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 39%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 66%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,159 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,066
- Endowment, end of year
- $21,124,457
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White59%
Hispanic15%
Black8.7%
Asian0.2%
Two or more races5.3%
U.S. nonresident8.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Unknown1.4%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Parks, recreation & fitness24%
Business & management24%
Psychology13%
Social sciences9.5%
Visual & performing arts6.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.6%
History4.0%
Communication & journalism2.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 155973. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7673530.