Minerva University
Private College in San Francisco, CA. Six-year graduation rate 89%.
- ✓ Graduation rate 89% — well above the national average
- ! Admit rate 3% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
This is a highly selective admit: 3% of applicants receive an offer. 10,864 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Yield is high — 44% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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
Apply at Minerva University →Academics
A 89% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 98% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 14:1, 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. The undergraduate body is just 603, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 603 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,324 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. About 80% get grants averaging $19,277, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.
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 · 198 students
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Francisco County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026