Drury University
Private College in Springfield, MO. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $40,694.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,694 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,979, 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
Admissions
At 58%, the acceptance rate makes Drury University a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 2,690 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 22% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. 7% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 570–670 | 23 (7%) |
| SAT Math | 560–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–29 | 195 (58%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,368 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,903 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,759 versus $24,458), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 99% of students get grant aid averaging $26,506, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 50% of students.
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 · 336 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 | $18,759 |
| $30–48k | $15,769 |
| $48–75k | $17,552 |
| $75–110k | $20,558 |
| $110k+ | $24,458 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 679 of these 1,368 students, totalling $4,191,263 — an average of $6,173 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greene 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)