- The Inkwell
- Kentucky
- Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, KYSuburb: largeZIP 41017Founded 1921
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1921
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.thomasmore.edu
KentuckyReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Thomas More University
Thomas More University is a private nonprofit university in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, with 1,293 undergraduates. It admits 90% of applicants, graduates 49% within six years and costs $22,723 a year after aid.
49%graduate
Admission rate90%
Retention67%
4-year graduation38%
Pell Grant share20%
Federal loans33%
$22,723net price / year
90%admission rate
1180average SAT
49%graduate in 6 years
$63,897median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#610 of 1,704 for earnings#1,071 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,075 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,204 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
- $51,576tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $41,400
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $41,400
- Average net price
- $22,723national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$18,243
$30,001–48,000$16,943
$48,001–75,000$17,814
$75,001–110,000$22,941
$110,001+$26,063
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 90%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1180
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 510–610
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 520–620
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 21–27
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college90%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college67%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college49%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college20%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 49%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 38%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 44%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,326
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $63,897middle 50%: $42,936–$90,461
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$90,461
Median, Thomas More University$63,897
Lower quarter$42,936
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
- 1,293
- Part-time
- 6.9%
- Women / men
- 49% / 51%
- Average age at entry
- 23.2
- First-generation students
- 37%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 52%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,727 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,094
- Endowment, end of year
- $36,451,258
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White73%
Hispanic4.5%
Black8.8%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races4.4%
U.S. nonresident6.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.1%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management30%
Parks, recreation & fitness13%
Liberal arts & humanities11%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.1%
Education7.7%
Psychology7.7%
Health professions6.6%
Communication & journalism2.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 157809. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7792539.