Stevens-The Institute
of Business & Arts
For-profit College in Saint Louis, MO. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $29,058.
Students who entered Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts reach a median of $29,058 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.93 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is small at 6, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 100% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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. The 6:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 95 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 95 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,137 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $5,978. 80% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 2 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 | $19,137 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 76 of these 95 students, totalling $590,916 — an average of $7,775 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis City) — 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)