Park University
Private College in Parkville, MO. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $56,309.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,309 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $21,685 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.9% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 26% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 17% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,250 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,519 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $18,687 at $0–30k, $24,064 at $110k+. About 60% get grants averaging $7,479, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 32% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 154 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 | $18,687 |
| $30–48k | $20,412 |
| $48–75k | $22,620 |
| $75–110k | $23,208 |
| $110k+ | $24,064 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,666 of these 5,250 students, totalling $11,640,152 — an average of $6,987 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Platte 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)