Minerva University
About
Minerva University is a private residential university headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was established in 2012 by Ben Nelson and opened in 2014 as Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute, becoming Minerva University in 2021. Classes are conducted remotely. Students live together in residences in different cities each year, beginning in San Francisco and returning there for graduation. As of 2025, they live in Tokyo for their sophomore year, Buenos Aires for their junior year, and Taipei for their senior year.
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.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Academic programs at Minerva
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
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Minerva vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Minerva 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMinerva University | 89% | — | 669 | — | — |
American College of Financial Services | — | — | 5,514 | — | — |
California Northstate University | 100% | 92.5% | 981 | — | — |
Centura College-Chesapeake | — | — | 191 | $26,254 | — |
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology | — | — | 319 | — | — |
Florida Career College-Boynton Beach | — | — | — | $32,348 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Florida Career College-Hialeah | — | — | — | $34,326 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Florida Career College-Houston | — | — | — | $33,884 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Florida Career College-Lauderdale Lakes | — | — | — | $35,448 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Florida Career College-Margate | — | — | — | $33,485 | — |
Florida Career College-Miami | — | — | — | $34,275 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Florida Career College-West Palm Beach | — | — | — | $34,536 | — |
Hillsdale College | 90% | 20.7% | 1,792 | — | Baccalaureate |
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine | — | — | 632 | — | — |
Lincoln University | 100% | — | 436 | — | — |
NationsUniversity | — | — | 1,077 | — | — |
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | 70% | — | 2,349 | — | — |
New Saint Andrews College | 66% | 83.9% | 413 | — | Baccalaureate |
Patrick Henry College | 74% | 77.4% | 425 | — | Baccalaureate |
Principia College | 74% | 44.4% | 339 | — | Baccalaureate |
SANS Technology Institute | — | — | 1,963 | — | — |
Strayer University-Arkansas | 0% | — | 741 | — | Baccalaureate |
Strayer University-New Jersey | 0% | — | 796 | — | — |
Strayer University-West Virginia | 0% | — | 252 | $16,943 | — |
Teachers College of San Joaquin | — | — | 974 | — | — |
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 35% | 55.9% | 4,298 | — | — |
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 21% | 57.7% | 2,850 | — | — |
University of Silicon Andhra | — | 100.0% | 238 | — | — |
University of the People | 29% | — | 41,961 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 68% | 67.6% | 769 | $33,884 |
Minerva Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
This page from Keck Graduate Institute provides a contact phone number and the physical address for the Institutional Research office. However, no specific information about the office's mission, leadership, or additional resources is provided on this page.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Minerva University
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