BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofit

Culver - Stockton College

Canton, Missouri·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Plains·culver.edu
6-yr Graduation
39%
-6.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
1,028
peer median 1,035
Avg net price
$21,983
+$4.2k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,880
1,880 candidates competed
Admitted
1,863
99.1% acceptance rate
Enrolled
192
10.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
39%-6.0pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
36%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
39%
Full-time retention
67%

Pell equity

11.9pp gap
Pell recipients
33%46 of 139
Non-Pell (all)
45%66 of 147
Subsidized loan, no Pell
51%36 of 71
No Federal Aid
39%30 of 76

Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 60 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 51 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
60
Passing
9
15.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

60programs
  • Passing9 · 15.0%
  • No Data51 · 85.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
4
Safe
4
No data
51

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.

9
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+7.7%
$37,472 vs $34,808
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
+14.6%
$39,884 vs $34,808
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+14.7%
$39,912 vs $34,808
Accounting and Related Services
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+19.4%
$71,752 vs $60,112
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+23.2%
$42,880 vs $34,808
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+30.1%
$45,287 vs $34,808
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+45.8%
$50,742 vs $34,808
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+84.6%
$64,270 vs $34,808

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

5
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
77%
$30,875 debt · $39,884 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
69%
$26,000 debt · $37,472 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
69%
$31,000 debt · $45,287 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
53%
$27,000 debt · $50,742 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
39%
$24,982 debt · $64,270 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1924Next review Aug 2032

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 3

  1. Jan 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
  3. Feb 2012Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$17,712
$30–48k$18,801
$48–75k$21,584
$75–110k$24,016
$110k+$24,786

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$21,983
+$4,159vs Baccalaureate median $17,824
Federal loans
71.6%
In-state tuition
$30,875
Out-of-state
$30,875

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 359 students received $2.1M in Pell grants, alongside $7.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
359
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.1M
$2,083,622 total
Direct Loans
$7.8M
1,293 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.9M
453 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.2M
572 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.8M
136 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.0M
131 loan awards
Grad PLUS$4K
1 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 344 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (1.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.7%
-0.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
344
Defaulted
6
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.3%
2017
16.8%
2018
12.8%
2019
1.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Culver-Stockton College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs34
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

287 total completions
01Business
8931.0%
02Education
5920.6%
03Health Professions
5017.4%
04Psychology
227.7%
05Visual/Performing Arts
165.6%
06Parks/Recreation
165.6%
07Security/Protective
113.8%
08Biological Sciences
103.5%
09Liberal Arts
82.8%
10History
62.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
1,028
12-mo unduplicated
1,137
Undergraduate
924
Graduate
213

Gender split

Men
52%595
Women
48%542

Race / ethnicity composition

White
67.4%
Black
17.5%
Hispanic
5.5%
Two or more
4.2%
Non-resident
3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.0%
Asian
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
563
380 M · 183 W
Women athletes
32.5%
Athletic aid
$3.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$6.4M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.6M
$852K
Recruiting expense
$23K
$13K
Head-coach salaries
$32K
$33K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Football
169 M · —
$1.7M
Soccer
46 M · 36 W
$667K
Baseball
67 M · —
$536K
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
36 M · 28 W
$205K
Basketball
34 M · 20 W
$789K
Softball
— · 53 W
$371K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.81
3 offenses · 1,069 students

3-year trend

4.292 yrs ago3.001 yr ago2.81Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
10
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
2
Fondling
1

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs20
Liquor02

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
46

Culver-Stockton College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Culver-Stockton College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectCulver-Stockton College
39%—1,028$21,983Baccalaureate
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
51%56.9%1,041$22,766Baccalaureate
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies
21%—659$10,566Baccalaureate
William Jewell College
68%38.4%959$17,562Baccalaureate
College of the Ozarks
64%12.0%1,454$6,100Baccalaureate
Missouri Valley College
22%69.2%1,770$18,086Baccalaureate
Peer group median45%47.6%1,035$17,824

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Explore the federal data for institutions in Culver-Stockton College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Frequently asked questions about Culver-Stockton College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Culver-Stockton College.

What is the graduation rate at Culver-Stockton College?

Culver-Stockton College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 39% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Culver-Stockton College?

Culver-Stockton College reports a total enrollment of 1,028 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Culver-Stockton College?

The average net price at Culver-Stockton College is $21,983 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Culver-Stockton College?

Culver-Stockton College's yield rate is 10.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Culver-Stockton College located?

Culver-Stockton College is located in Canton, Missouri 63435-1299.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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