Conception Seminary College
Private College in Conception, MO. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $50,430.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $50,430 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 50% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
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
At 32%, the acceptance rate makes Conception Seminary College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. With 22 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 100% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional 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 | — | 2 (29%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 1–5 | 7 (100%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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50% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 4:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 32 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $31,028 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,728 at $0–30k, $22,724 at $75–110k. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $40,071, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 3% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 8 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 | $22,728 |
| $30–48k | $30,053 |
| $48–75k | $33,216 |
| $75–110k | $22,724 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1 of these 32 students, totalling $5,001 — an average of $5,001 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nodaway County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026