Cleveland University-Kansas City
Private College in Overland Park, KS. Six-year graduation rate 100%. Median 10-year earnings $52,304.
Students who entered Cleveland University-Kansas City land at a median of $52,304 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 100% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $12,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
69% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 13 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 78% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 100% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 86 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 86 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $35,764 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $33,447 at $30–48k, $35,764 at $75–110k. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,311 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 93% take federal loans.
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 · 1 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 | — |
| $30–48k | $33,447 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $35,764 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 80 of these 86 students, totalling $508,104 — an average of $6,351 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Johnson 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)