Clarke University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 45 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 34 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing11 · 24.4%
- No Data34 · 75.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 5
- Nov 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- May 2019Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- May 2019Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 332 students received $2.0M in Pell grants, alongside $8.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 343 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Clarke
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Clarke vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Clarke selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectClarke University | 56% | — | 962 | $20,068 | Doctoral/Professional |
| 48% | 61.7% | 947 | $21,590 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 61% | 77.3% | 2,498 | $22,750 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 73% | 63.9% | 4,345 | $30,042 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 46% | 71.0% | 2,046 | $22,270 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 58% | 94.2% | 2,017 | $22,500 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| Peer group median | 57% | 71.0% | 2,032 | $22,385 |
Institutions like Clarke
Explore the federal data for institutions in Clarke's comparison group.
- Doctoral/ProfessionalIowa
Briar Cliff University
Grad rate48%Admit rate61.7%Enrollment947Net price$21,590View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalIowa
Saint Ambrose University
Grad rate61%Admit rate77.3%Enrollment2,498Net price$22,750View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalIowa
Drake University
Grad rate73%Admit rate63.9%Enrollment4,345Net price$30,042View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalMissouri
William Woods University
Grad rate46%Admit rate71.0%Enrollment2,046Net price$22,270View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalKansas
Baker University
Grad rate58%Admit rate94.2%Enrollment2,017Net price$22,500View data
Clarke Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The major function of the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) is to support the decision-making at Clarke University by collecting, analyzing, and sharing information. Strategic planning and program assessment are two major processes we support.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Clarke's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $47,900 (2020-2021).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $47,900 → about $18,870 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($29,030); 85% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H130% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 63%; first-year retention 72%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 2 pts above the overall rate (65% vs 63%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I377% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~10% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B22% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B1680 undergraduates and 220 graduate students.
Source publications
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