Grand View University
Private College in Des Moines, IA. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $52,824.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $52,824 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 54%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $22,500, 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
Admission is not the constraint here: 99% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 1,426, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield sits at 21% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
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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Completion is middling: 54% finish inside six years. 70% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 21% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,471 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,319 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,512 versus $24,601), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $19,832, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 72% 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 · 335 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 | $18,512 |
| $30–48k | $18,773 |
| $48–75k | $20,254 |
| $75–110k | $23,414 |
| $110k+ | $24,601 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,061 of these 1,471 students, totalling $7,025,953 — an average of $6,622 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Polk 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)