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Drury University

Springfield, Missouri·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Plains·drury.edu
6-yr Graduation
62%
+16.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
1,615
peer median 1,467
Avg net price
$21,523
-$877 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

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

Applied
2,690
2,690 candidates competed
Admitted
1,549
57.6% acceptance rate
Enrolled
337
21.8% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
62%+16.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
44%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
62%
Full-time retention
79%

Pell equity

2.0pp gap
Pell recipients
56%
Non-Pell
58%

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 98 Title IV programs, 17 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 80 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
98
Passing
17
17.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.0%
+0.4pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

98programs
  • Passing17 · 17.3%
  • No Data80 · 81.6%
  • Failing1 · 1.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
3
Watch
2
Safe
12
No data
80

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.

18
Psychology General
Associate Degree · Psychology
-7.3%
$30,595 vs $32,989
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+1.6%
$33,531 vs $32,989
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+1.9%
$42,026 vs $41,236
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+7.7%
$35,543 vs $32,989
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+14.3%
$37,713 vs $32,989
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+19.0%
$39,257 vs $32,989
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+27.3%
$41,996 vs $32,989
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+28.6%
$42,425 vs $32,989

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

2
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+1.6%
+$542
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+1.9%
+$790

Debt vs earnings

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

13
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
63%
$30,000 debt · $47,695 earn
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
63%
$24,582 debt · $39,257 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
58%
$22,000 debt · $37,713 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
57%
$23,864 debt · $41,996 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
56%
$23,937 debt · $42,425 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
55%
$23,978 debt · $43,676 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
47%
$16,824 debt · $35,543 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
47%
$23,250 debt · $49,387 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1915Next review Aug 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 2

  1. Mar 2021Renewal 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

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$17,073
$30–48k$17,104
$48–75k$19,602
$75–110k$23,003
$110k+$25,628

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

Avg net price (private)
$21,523
-$877vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $22,400
Federal loans
52.8%
In-state tuition
$35,235
Out-of-state
$35,235

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 969 students received $5.1M in Pell grants, alongside $12.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
969
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.1M
$5,100,527 total
Direct Loans
$12.1M
1,915 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.0M
772 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.6M
879 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.8M
131 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.5M
84 loan awards
Grad PLUS$2.1M
49 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.

Of 995 borrowers who entered repayment, 27 (2.7%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.7%
+0.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
995
Defaulted
27
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.1%
2017
13.0%
2018
8.7%
2019
2.7%
2020*
0.1%
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 Drury

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs68
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

393 total completions
01Business
8722.1%
02Education
6215.8%
03Biological Sciences
5313.5%
04Social Sciences
369.2%
05Architecture
358.9%
06Visual/Performing Arts
317.9%
07Communication
276.9%
08Psychology
256.4%
09English Language
194.8%
10Health Professions
184.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
1,615
12-mo unduplicated
1,715
Undergraduate
1,432
Graduate
283

Gender split

Men
45%768
Women
55%947

Race / ethnicity composition

White
73.7%
Non-resident
8.0%
Unknown
5.1%
Two or more
3.5%
Black
3.1%
Hispanic
3.0%
Asian
2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
408
236 M · 172 W
Women athletes
42.2%
Athletic aid
$4.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$9.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.3M
$2.2M
Recruiting expense
$32K
$26K
Head-coach salaries
$48K
$43K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
72 M · 52 W
$724K
Swimming and Diving (combined)
45 M · 29 W
$1.2M
Soccer
34 M · 34 W
$1.2M
Baseball
51 M ·
$699K
Wrestling
35 M ·
$514K
Basketball
16 M · 16 W
$1.8M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
11.29
18 offenses · 1,595 students

3-year trend

13.602 yrs ago3.101 yr ago11.29Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
46
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
5
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
5

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
12
Motor vehicle theft
4
Fondling
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

18total
  • On campus8
  • Non-campus5
  • Public property5

Includes 6 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

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

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons02
Drugs02
Liquor043

Residence-hall fires

  • Summit Park2 fires
    ElectricalDamage $0-$99
  • Summit Park2 fires
    ElectricalDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
105

Drury vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Drury selected for federal comparison reporting.

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
SubjectDrury University
62%1,615$21,523Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Stephens College
21%77.2%568$23,277Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies
0%87.5%3,802$14,774Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Mount Marty University
52%42.6%1,284$23,295Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Midland University
42%66.1%1,558$24,229Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
University of Jamestown
49%88.1%1,376$20,318Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Peer group median45%77.2%1,467$22,400

Frequently asked questions about Drury University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Drury.

What is the graduation rate at Drury University?

Drury University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 62% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Drury University?

Drury University reports a total enrollment of 1,615 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Drury University?

The average net price at Drury University is $21,523 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Drury University?

Drury University's yield rate is 21.8%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Drury University located?

Drury University is located in Springfield, Missouri 65802-3791.

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