Evangel University
Private College in Springfield, MO. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $46,573.
Ten years after entry, the median Evangel University student earns $46,573 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 65% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $24,736 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Evangel University accepts 72% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 1,194, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. About 39% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 2% 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 | 540–640 | 6 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 500–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–27 | 102 (31%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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65% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 1,427 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 1,205 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,261 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,198 at $0–30k against $21,290 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $20,234. Borrowing is widespread: 88% 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 · 330 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 | $16,198 |
| $30–48k | $13,584 |
| $48–75k | $16,635 |
| $75–110k | $19,210 |
| $110k+ | $21,290 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,060 of these 1,205 students, totalling $8,216,157 — an average of $7,751 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
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)