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Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Plains·grandview.edu
6-yr Graduation
54%
+1.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
1,856
peer median 1,587
Avg net price
$21,616
-$840 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
1,426
1,426 candidates competed
Admitted
1,413
99.1% acceptance rate
Enrolled
295
20.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
54%+1.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
45%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
54%
Full-time retention
70%

Pell equity

26.0pp gap
Pell recipients
37%
Non-Pell
63%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 26.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

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

Of 73 Title IV programs, 15 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 58 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
73
Passing
15
20.5% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

73programs
  • Passing15 · 20.5%
  • No Data58 · 79.5%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
3
Safe
12
No data
58

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.

15
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+14.2%
$41,210 vs $36,082
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+16.2%
$41,944 vs $36,082
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+22.2%
$44,106 vs $36,082
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+32.5%
$47,798 vs $36,082
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+36.5%
$49,263 vs $36,082
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+36.9%
$49,409 vs $36,082
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+52.1%
$54,875 vs $36,082
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+57.7%
$56,906 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

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

15
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
55%
$24,250 debt · $44,106 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
53%
$26,169 debt · $49,409 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
53%
$22,088 debt · $41,944 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
50%
$23,753 debt · $47,798 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
50%
$24,375 debt · $49,263 earn
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
45%
$18,500 debt · $41,210 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
44%
$25,230 debt · $56,906 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
44%
$24,250 debt · $54,875 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1959Next review Aug 2035

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 4

  1. Feb 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Dec 2017Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  3. Mar 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  4. Mar 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels

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$19,216
$30–48k$20,268
$48–75k$19,778
$75–110k$19,911
$110k+$25,025

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

Avg net price (private)
$21,616
-$839vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $22,456
Federal loans
68.9%
In-state tuition
$33,450
Out-of-state
$33,450

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 750 students received $4.4M in Pell grants, alongside $13.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
750
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.4M
$4,384,364 total
Direct Loans
$13.1M
2,081 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$3.3M
784 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.7M
890 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.7M
242 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.2M
147 loan awards
Grad PLUS$273K
18 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 631 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (2.3%) defaulted within three years.

Default rate
2.3%
vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
631
Defaulted
15
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.3%
2017
7.7%
2018
5.7%
2019
2.3%
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 Grand View

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs55
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

452 total completions
01Business
12126.8%
02Health Professions
9521.0%
03Parks/Recreation
5913.1%
04Education
419.1%
05Psychology
378.2%
06Public Admin
286.2%
07Liberal Arts
235.1%
08Biological Sciences
204.4%
09Security/Protective
153.3%
10Visual/Performing Arts
132.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
1,856
12-mo unduplicated
2,070
Undergraduate
1,631
Graduate
439

Gender split

Men
43%886
Women
57%1,184

Race / ethnicity composition

White
57.0%
Hispanic
12.4%
Black
10.0%
Unknown
8.2%
Two or more
4.3%
Asian
4.0%
Non-resident
3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
918
578 M · 340 W
Women athletes
37.0%
Athletic aid
$6.7M
Total student aid
Budget
$11.6M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$4.7M
$1.8M
Recruiting expense
$24K
$7K
Head-coach salaries
$42K
$35K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Football
158 M ·
$2.5M
Soccer
93 M · 50 W
$1.5M
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
72 M · 61 W
$649K
Wrestling
75 M · 56 W
$1.7M
Basketball
36 M · 33 W
$1.1M
Baseball
65 M ·
$610K

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
10.40
19 offenses · 1,827 students

3-year trend

2.132 yrs ago8.541 yr ago10.40Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
38
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
8
Motor vehicle theft
6
Aggravated assault
2
Rape
1
Arson
1
Fondling
1

By location

19total
  • On campus15
  • Non-campus4

Includes 4 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
Weapons00
Drugs032
Liquor065

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.

Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
90

Grand View vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Grand View 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
SubjectGrand View University
54%1,856$21,616Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Dordt University
74%68.5%1,952$25,383Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Midland University
42%66.1%1,558$24,229Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Mount Marty University
52%42.6%1,284$23,295Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Drury University
62%57.6%1,615$21,523Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
University of Jamestown
49%88.1%1,376$20,318Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Peer group median53%66.1%1,587$22,456

Frequently asked questions about Grand View University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Grand View.

What is the graduation rate at Grand View University?

Grand View University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 54% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Grand View University?

Grand View University reports a total enrollment of 1,856 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Grand View University?

The average net price at Grand View University is $21,616 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Grand View University?

Grand View University's yield rate is 20.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Grand View University located?

Grand View University is located in Des Moines, Iowa 50316.

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