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Kuyper College is a higher education institution located in Kent County, MI. In 2024, the most popular Bachelors Degree concentrations at Kuyper College were Social Work (10 degrees awarded), Theological Studies (4 degrees), and General Business Administration & Management (3 degrees).
In 2024, 20 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Kuyper College. 70% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 30% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (14 degrees), 14 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (1 degrees).
The median undergraduate tuition at Kuyper College is $27,660, which is $−518 less than the national average for Baccalaureate Colleges ($28,178).
In 2024, the median undergraduate tuition at Kuyper College is $27,660, which is $518 less than the national average for Baccalaureate Colleges ($28,178).
After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $17,669.
In 2024, 64% of undergraduate students attending Kuyper College received financial aid through grants. Comparatively, 47% of undergraduate students received financial aid through loans.
In 2024, the cost of tuition at Kuyper College was $27,660. The cost of tuition at Kuyper College is $−518 less than than the overall (public and private) national average for Baccalaureate Colleges ($28,178).
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In 2024 Kuyper College had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $17,669. Between 2023 and 2024, the average net price of Kuyper College grew by 36.2%.
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Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.
The average yearly cost of room and board at Kuyper College was of $9,210 in 2024. The cost of room and board increased by 13.4% between 2023 and 2024.
During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,000. The cost of books and supplies increased by 25% during the same period.
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64% of undergraduate students at Kuyper College received financial aid through grants or loans in 2024. This represents a decline of 4.48% with respect to 2023, when 67% of undergraduate students received financial aid.
This chart compares the average award discount at Kuyper College (in red) with that of other similar universities.
The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.
Kuyper College received 178 undergraduate applications in 2024, which represents a 8.72% annual growth. Out of those 178 applicants, 123 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 69.1% acceptance rate.
There were 161 students enrolled at Kuyper College in 2024. 79% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.
Kuyper College has an overall enrollment yield of 36.6%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.
In 2024, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Kuyper College was 69.1% (123 admissions from 178 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2023, which was 33.8%. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of applicants declined by 8.72%, while admissions grew by 86.4%.
This chart compares the acceptance rate of Kuyper College (in red) with that of other similar universities, and the chart below shows the acceptance rate by gender.
79% of enrolled first-time students at Kuyper College in 2020 submitted SAT scores with their applications.
The following chart shows the average SAT scores for the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of applicants for each section of the test that they are evaluated on.
Kuyper College had a total enrollment of 161 students in 2024. The full-time enrollment at Kuyper College is 129 students and the part-time enrollment is 32. This means that 80.1% of students enrolled at Kuyper College are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at Kuyper College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 43.5% White, 29.2% Black or African American, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 3.73% Asian, 3.73% Two or More Races, and 0.621% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.
Students enrolled at Kuyper College in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Male (28.6%), followed by Black or African American Male (28.1%) and White Female (16.9%).
The total enrollment at Kuyper College in 2024, both undergraduate and graduate, is 161 students. The full-time enrollment at Kuyper College is 129 and the part-time enrollment is 32. This means that 80.1% of students enrolled at Kuyper College are enrolled full-time compared with 78.9% at similar Baccalaureate Colleges.
This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Kuyper College (in red) compares to similar universities.
Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Kuyper College was 59%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Baccalaureate Colleges (75%), Kuyper College had a retention rate lower than its peers.
This chart shows the retention rate over time at Kuyper College (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.
The enrolled student population at Kuyper College is 43.5% White, 29.2% Black or African American, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 3.73% Asian, 3.73% Two or More Races, and 0.621% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Baccalaureate Colleges is 50.5% White, 15.6% Hispanic or Latino, and 13.2% Black or African American.
Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 4 students (2.48%) did not report their race.
In 2024, 8 more women than men received degrees from Kuyper College. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Kuyper College is white (14 degrees awarded). There were 14 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (1 degrees).
The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Kuyper College is Social Work (10 degrees awarded), followed by Theological Studies (4 degrees) and General Business Administration & Management (3 degrees).
In 2024, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Kuyper College, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Theology (4 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (10 degrees), and Liberal Arts & Humanities (3 degrees).
The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Kuyper College are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,680,828 people), Accountants & auditors (1,040,386 people), Other managers (832,542 people), Financial managers (548,114 people), and Secondary school teachers (546,402 people).
The most specialized majors at Kuyper College in 2024 are Theology (4 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (10 degrees), Liberal Arts & Humanities (3 degrees), Business (3 degrees), and Education (0 degrees) (as of 2024).
The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Kuyper College are Surgeons, Correspondence clerks & order clerks, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Geoscientists and hydrologists, except geographers, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists
The most specialized majors at Kuyper College are Theology (4 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (10 degrees), Liberal Arts & Humanities (3 degrees), Business (3 degrees), and Education (0 degrees) (as of 2024).
The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Kuyper College are Elementary & secondary schools (3,263,016 people), Computer Systems Design (609,352 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (583,527 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (499,614 people), and Banking & related activities (479,609 people).
The most specialized majors at Kuyper College are Theology (4 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (10 degrees), Liberal Arts & Humanities (3 degrees), Business (3 degrees), and Education (0 degrees) (as of 2024).
In 2024, the most common associates degree concentration at Kuyper College was Other Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies, & Humanities with 1 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from associates degree programs at Kuyper College according to their major.
In 2024, 6 degrees were awarded to men at Kuyper College, which is 0.429 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (14).
This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Kuyper College by degrees awarded.
In 2024, 3 degrees were awarded to men at Kuyper College in General Business Administration & Management. There were no female recipients with the same degree.
In 2024, 10 degrees were awarded to women at Kuyper College in Social Work. There were no male recipients with the same degree.
In 2024, 47% of students graduating from Kuyper College completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 56% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 59% within 200%.
The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Baccalaureate Colleges Carnegie Classification group.
Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.
The most common race/ethnicity at Kuyper College is white (14 degrees awarded). There were 14 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (1 degrees).
5% of degree recipients (1 students) did not report their race.
The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Kuyper College is white female (44 degrees awarded). There were 1.13 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white female (39 degrees).
Kuyper College has an endowment valued at nearly $6.68M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 1.07M (16%) compared to the 7.58% average return (3.75M on 49.5M) across all Baccalaureate Colleges.
In 2024, Kuyper College had a total salary expenditure of 5.99M. Kuyper College employs 4 Assistant professors, 2 Professors and 1 Associate professors. Most academics at Kuyper College are Female Assistant professor (2), Male Assistant professor (2), and Female Professor (1).
The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Kuyper College are: Management, with 17 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 6 employees, and Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 6 employees.
Kuyper College has an endowment valued at about $6.68M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The endowment of Kuyper College grew 13% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $42.8M lower than than the median endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.
This line chart shows how the endowment at Kuyper College (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.
The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields Carnegie Classification grouping.
In 2024, Kuyper College paid a median of $2.8M in salaries, which represents 46.7% of their overall expenditure ($5.99M) and a 13.1% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 2.5% decline between 2022 and 2023, and a 1.18% growth between 2021 and 2022.
In 2024, Kuyper College paid a total of $466k to 7 employees working as instructors, which represents 16.7% of all salaries paid.
This is compared to a median of $522k (3.48%) for similar Baccalaureate Colleges.
In 2024, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Kuyper College were Management with 17 employees, Office and Administrative Support with 6 employees, and Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 6 employees.