- The Inkwell
- California
- World Mission University
Los Angeles, CACity: largeZIP 90020Founded 1989
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1989
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2004
- Website
- www.wmu.edu
CaliforniaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
World Mission University
World Mission University is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Los Angeles, California, with 207 undergraduates. It graduates 59% within six years and costs $15,820 a year after aid.
59%graduate
Retention100%
4-year graduation4.5%
Pell Grant share51%
Federal loans1.5%
$15,820net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
59%graduate in 6 years
$24,300median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,697 of 1,704 for earnings#548 of 1,739 for lowest net price#713 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
- $22,605tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $7,400
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $7,400
- Average net price
- $15,820national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,820
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
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 college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college59%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college51%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 59%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 4.5%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 45%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,300middle 50%: $11,969–$51,206
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$51,206
Median, World Mission University$24,300
Lower quarter$11,969
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
- 207
- Part-time
- 42%
- Women / men
- 70% / 30%
- Average age at entry
- 51.6
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 42 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 50%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,253 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $3,328
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
Hispanic39%
Asian34%
U.S. nonresident28%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations43%
Liberal arts & humanities34%
Public administration & social service11%
Health professions11%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 401223. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q30263440.