Kuyper College
Private College in Grand Rapids, MI. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $41,066.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,066, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $21,389, 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
Kuyper College accepts 69% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. Only 178 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 37% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
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: 50% finish inside six years. Just 59% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 9:1 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. This is a small school — 153 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 119 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,669 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($14,024 versus $21,321), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 82% of students receive grant aid, averaging $26,626 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 61% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 41 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 | $14,024 |
| $30–48k | $10,765 |
| $48–75k | $13,865 |
| $75–110k | $24,243 |
| $110k+ | $21,321 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 72 of these 119 students, totalling $494,801 — an average of $6,872 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kent 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)