Avila University
Private College in Kansas City, MO. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $52,773.
Ten years after entry, the median Avila University student earns $52,773 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.5 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 88% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 3,975, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 7%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 4% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 430–500 | 11 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 370–460 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–21 | 143 (57%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 52%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 33% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 19:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,170 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,004 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($15,694 versus $19,775), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $29,483. 62% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 380 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,694 |
| $30–48k | $14,939 |
| $48–75k | $14,682 |
| $75–110k | $17,852 |
| $110k+ | $19,775 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 725 of these 1,170 students, totalling $4,918,285 — an average of $6,784 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jackson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)