Calvary University
Private College in Kansas City, MO. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $45,421.
Students who entered Calvary University land at a median of $45,421 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $20,839, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Admissions
72% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. Only 46 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 82% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. The score bands below rest on the 19% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 500–610 | 5 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 480–530 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–24 | 18 (67%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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55% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Just 55% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 14% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 170 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,066 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,764 at $0–30k against $13,749 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 78% get grants averaging $7,240, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 28% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 24 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 | $16,764 |
| $30–48k | $15,734 |
| $48–75k | $21,115 |
| $75–110k | $16,666 |
| $110k+ | $13,749 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 47 of these 170 students, totalling $360,751 — an average of $7,676 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cass County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)