BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofitHBCU
Paul Quinn College
6-yr Graduation
27%
-4.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
628
peer median 936
Avg net price
$12,709
-$5.5k vs Baccalaureate
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About
Paul Quinn College (PQC) is a private historically black Methodist college in Dallas, Texas. The college is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). It is the oldest historically black college west of the Mississippi River and the nation's first urban work college.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Applied
3,088
3,088 candidates competed
Admitted
1,244
40.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
169
13.6% yield
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
27%-4.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Overall completion
27%-4.0pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
17%
4-year graduation
17%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
22%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
22%
Full-time retention
49%
Full-time retention
49%
Pell equity
24.0pp gap
Pell recipients
26%34 of 130
Non-Pell (all)
50%2 of 4
No Federal Aid
50%2 of 4
Non-Pell students graduate at a 24.0-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.
Of 28 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 28 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
28
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
28programs
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data28 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
28
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Accredited since 2011Next review Jan 2036
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Accredited since 2010
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Accredited since 1972Next review Dec 2017
Action history · 2
- Oct 2025Renewal of AccreditationTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Apr 2022Grant Substantive Change: DegreeTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price (private)
$12,709
-$5,541vs Baccalaureate median $18,250
Federal loans
83.5%
In-state tuition
$13,498
Out-of-state
$13,498
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 509 students received $3.0M in Pell grants, alongside $1.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
509
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.0M
$2,958,109 total
Direct Loans
$1.7M
503 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
0k’20
0k’21
1k’22
0k’23
1k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$759K
246 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$814K
242 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$61K
3 loan awards
Parent PLUS$77K
10 loan awards
Grad PLUS$12K
2 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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 198 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (8.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
8.5%
+6.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
198
Defaulted
17
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
33.1%+23.8
2017
20.8%+11.6
2018
25.6%+18.6
2019
8.5%+6.2
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.
Academic programs at Paul Quinn College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs26
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
72 total completions
01Business
3751.4%
01Business
3751.4%
02Psychology
1013.9%
02Psychology
1013.9%
03Health Professions
79.7%
03Health Professions
79.7%
04Liberal Arts
68.3%
04Liberal Arts
68.3%
05Legal Professions
56.9%
05Legal Professions
56.9%
06Communication
45.6%
06Communication
45.6%
07Philosophy/Religion
22.8%
07Philosophy/Religion
22.8%
08Social Sciences
11.4%
08Social Sciences
11.4%
09History
00.0%
09History
00.0%
10Education
00.0%
10Education
00.0%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
628
12-mo unduplicated
807
Undergraduate
798
Graduate
9
Gender split
Men
38%303
Women
62%504
Race / ethnicity composition
Black
69.0%
Hispanic
13.7%
White
7.1%
Two or more
5.8%
Unknown
3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Asian
0.3%
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Athletes
92
48 M · 44 W
Women athletes
47.8%
Athletic aid
$110K
Total student aid
Budget
$695K
Total expenses
Men vs women · spending splits
Athletic student aid
$55K
$55K
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$14K
$15K
Men Women
Sport-by-sport · 4
Sport
Men
Women
Expenses
Basketball
20
16
$395,687
Basketball
20 M · 16 W
Soccer
21
12
$126,722
Soccer
21 M · 12 W
Volleyball
—
16
$49,908
Volleyball
— · 16 W
Track and Field (Outdoor)
7
—
$37,193
Track and Field (Outdoor)
7 M · —
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 602 students
3-year trend
0.002 yrs ago3.201 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
3
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
4
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
4
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1
Criminal offenses by type
No criminal offenses reported.
By location
0total
VAWA offenses
1
Domestic violence
0
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
Drugs10
Liquor00
Residence-hall fires
- Trammell S. Crow Living Learning Center1 fireOtherDamage $100-$999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
20.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
9
Paul Quinn College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Paul Quinn College selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPaul Quinn College | 27% | — | 628 | $12,709 | Baccalaureate |
| 39% | 75.2% | 589 | $18,600 | Baccalaureate | |
| 13% | 72.5% | 610 | $10,972 | Baccalaureate | |
| 5% | — | 116 | $20,249 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 5% | — | 342 | $10,627 | Baccalaureate | |
| 19% | — | 302 | $24,906 | Baccalaureate | |
| 67% | 47.7% | 1,217 | $21,107 | Baccalaureate | |
| 80% | — | 104 | $10,964 | Baccalaureate | |
| 24% | 95.7% | 1,691 | $18,250 | Baccalaureate | |
| 25% | 50.7% | 180 | $28,299 | Baccalaureate | |
| 58% | 19.3% | 1,527 | $6,106 | Baccalaureate | |
| 31% | 88.2% | 2,853 | $12,030 | Baccalaureate | |
| 57% | 63.2% | 513 | $18,460 | Baccalaureate | |
| 52% | 64.9% | 1,852 | $17,800 | Baccalaureate | |
| 49% | 64.2% | 4,252 | $37,702 | R2 Research | |
| 100% | — | 126 | $11,458 | Baccalaureate | |
| 20% | — | 419 | $672 | — | |
| 27% | 21.8% | 248 | $22,960 | Baccalaureate | |
| 43% | 41.9% | 1,080 | $22,094 | Baccalaureate | |
| 47% | 57.8% | 1,813 | $23,911 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 39% | 73.8% | 111 | $22,075 | Baccalaureate | |
| 28% | 84.9% | 1,177 | $13,649 | Baccalaureate | |
| 30% | 37.4% | 1,059 | $32,020 | Baccalaureate | |
| 31% | 85.3% | 1,277 | $23,238 | Baccalaureate | |
| 49% | 91.1% | 1,345 | $14,095 | Baccalaureate | |
| 49% | 84.4% | 4,276 | $20,629 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 28% | 67.4% | 809 | $23,627 | Baccalaureate | |
| 34% | 39.1% | 1,059 | $19,719 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 60 | — | — | |
| 34% | 45.2% | 1,302 | $20,894 | Baccalaureate | |
| 18% | 48.5% | 738 | $10,904 | Baccalaureate | |
| 32% | 99.2% | 659 | $7,099 | Baccalaureate | |
| 28% | 59.2% | 936 | $13,479 | Baccalaureate | |
| 51% | 73.1% | 1,595 | $24,456 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 44% | 57.0% | 3,175 | $19,581 | Baccalaureate | |
| 16% | — | 1,180 | $14,271 | Baccalaureate | |
| 59% | 44.0% | 2,847 | $39,013 | Baccalaureate | |
| 17% | — | 383 | $20,555 | Baccalaureate | |
| 45% | 45.2% | 1,226 | $25,669 | Baccalaureate | |
| 12% | 95.4% | 390 | $16,670 | Baccalaureate | |
| 30% | — | 780 | $14,224 | Baccalaureate | |
| 27% | 57.9% | 298 | $16,383 | Baccalaureate | |
| 12% | 48.7% | 467 | $12,587 | Baccalaureate | |
| 25% | 33.8% | 175 | $24,313 | Baccalaureate | |
| 6% | — | 95 | $9,229 | — | |
| 22% | 80.2% | 964 | $16,512 | Baccalaureate | |
| 3% | — | 110 | $18,562 | Baccalaureate | |
| 78% | 24.9% | 3,417 | $38,967 | Baccalaureate | |
| 25% | 62.2% | 731 | $15,258 | Baccalaureate | |
| 25% | — | 2,508 | $17,517 | — | |
| 30% | 98.7% | 2,384 | $13,286 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 31% | 85.4% | 760 | $15,560 | Baccalaureate | |
| 54% | 95.7% | 1,423 | $24,654 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 359 | — | — | |
| 33% | 59.9% | 1,301 | $17,043 | Baccalaureate | |
| 84% | 25.9% | 2,687 | $23,464 | Baccalaureate | |
| 55% | 48.7% | 3,121 | $35,013 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 26% | 95.9% | 3,586 | $8,109 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 43% | 65.4% | 578 | $13,335 | Baccalaureate | |
| 42% | 71.3% | 791 | $21,249 | Baccalaureate | |
| 48% | 69.0% | 3,218 | $17,127 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 31% | 63.7% | 936 | $18,250 |
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Research funding
External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.
USA Spending
$22,998,026
All sources
$22,998,026
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Paul Quinn College (7)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- John Hope BryantBusiness
- Dick CampbellMusic
- Taurian FontenetteAthletics
- Mims HackettPolitics
- Gregg NorthingtonAthletics
- Toni RosePolitics
- Korey WilliamsAthletics
Frequently asked questions about Paul Quinn College
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Paul Quinn College.
What is the graduation rate at Paul Quinn College?
Paul Quinn College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 27% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend Paul Quinn College?
Paul Quinn College reports a total enrollment of 628 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Paul Quinn College?
The average net price at Paul Quinn College is $12,709 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
What is the yield rate at Paul Quinn College?
Paul Quinn College's yield rate is 13.6%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.
Where is Paul Quinn College located?
Paul Quinn College is located in Dallas, Texas 75241.
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.
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.
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.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
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.
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.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
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