- The Inkwell
- Alabama
- United States Sports University
Daphne, ALCity: smallZIP 36526Founded 1972
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1972
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1981
- Website
- www.ussu.edu
AlabamaPrivate nonprofit
United States Sports University
United States Sports University is a private nonprofit university in Daphne, Alabama, with 228 undergraduates. It admits 61% of applicants and costs $5,316 a year after aid.
—graduate
Admission rate61%
Retention43%
Pell Grant share52%
Federal loans54%
$5,316net price / year
61%admission rate
—average SAT
—graduate in 6 years
$56,044median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#984 of 1,704 for earnings#43 of 1,739 for lowest net price#390 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
- $17,720tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,840
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,840
- Average net price
- $5,316national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$5,746
$30,001–48,000$4,761
$48,001–75,000$3,559
$75,001–110,000$137
$110,001+$8,340
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 61%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college61%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college43%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Pell share · this college52%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- —within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- —
- First-year retention
- 43%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 25%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $53,145
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,044middle 50%: $36,073–$94,880
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$94,880
Median, United States Sports University$56,044
Lower quarter$36,073
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
- 228
- Part-time
- 24%
- Women / men
- 27% / 73%
- Average age at entry
- 31.9
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 52%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,063 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,340
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,000,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic14%
Black27%
Asian0.9%
Two or more races4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Unknown5.7%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Parks, recreation & fitness67%
Education33%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 102395. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7892216.