Parker University
About
Parker University is a private university focused on healthcare and located in Dallas, Texas. The university operates a second chiropractic clinic in Irving, Texas, the site of its first campus. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Council on Chiropractic Education, and the Commission of Massage Therapy Accreditation.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 44 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 40 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 9.1%
- No Data40 · 90.9%
- 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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
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.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 13
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
- Apr 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Massage Therapy Accreditation · Massage
- Jan 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2022Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
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, 443 students received $2.6M in Pell grants, alongside $87.9M 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 501 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (1.7%) 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 Parker
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
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
- Public property3
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.
Parker vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Parker 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectParker University | 74% | — | 2,308 | $25,491 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Cleveland University-Kansas City | 100% | 69.2% | 588 | $33,243 | — |
D'Youville University | 67% | 81.4% | 2,556 | $19,585 | Doctoral/Professional |
Life Chiropractic College West | — | — | 618 | — | — |
Life University | 38% | 93.0% | 2,714 | $30,257 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Logan University | 22% | 64.3% | 1,406 | $18,094 | — |
National University of Health Sciences | — | — | 511 | — | — |
Northeast College of Health Sciences | — | 94.3% | 564 | — | — |
Northwestern Health Sciences University | — | — | 1,101 | $29,794 | — |
Palmer College of Chiropractic | — | 100.0% | 2,161 | — | — |
Sherman College of Chiropractic | — | — | 387 | — | — |
Southern California University of Health Sciences | — | — | 2,008 | $45,633 | — |
Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc | — | — | 261 | — | — |
University of Bridgeport | 41% | 83.0% | 3,838 | $24,786 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of Western States | — | — | 959 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
| Peer group median | 54% | 83.0% | 1,101 | $27,643 |
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- awardAdvancing Patient Safety for Special Populations: Active Surveillance Reporting to Identify Adverse Events Following Chiropractic Care in Older AdultsCanadian Chiropractic Research Foundationinstitution_site
- awardC-prior: Implementation of the MAINTAIN instrument for patients with dysfunctional spinal painCanadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, Ontario Chiropractic Association, British Colombia Chiropractic Association, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic Collegeinstitution_site
- awardErring on the side of safety: Using an Active Surveillance Reporting System to prospectively identify adverse events at the Macquarie University chiropractic teaching clinicsThe Macquarie Chiropractic Alumni Research Fund (MtCaRF)institution_site
- awardThe clinical course of spinal pain in adolescents: a feasibility studyThe Macquarie Chiropractic Alumni Research Fund (MtCaRF), Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, ACA Pediatric Council, The Royal College of Chiropractorsinstitution_site
- awardYoung patients and chiropractors’ observation and analysis study (Young-COAST)The Macquarie Chiropractic Alumni Research Fund (MtCaRF)institution_site
Notable alumni of Parker (3)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Jordin Andrade
- Neil Gardner
- Jason Kaiser
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