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Spalding University

Louisville, Kentucky·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·spalding.edu
6-yr Graduation
52%
+3.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
1,553
peer median 1,576
Avg net price
$24,264
+$378 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger 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
727
727 candidates competed
Admitted
723
99.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
113
15.6% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
52%+3.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
42%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
51%
Full-time retention
64%

Pell equity

23.0pp gap
Pell recipients
41%
Non-Pell
64%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 23.0-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 54 Title IV programs, 14 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 40 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
54
Passing
14
25.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

54programs
  • Passing14 · 25.9%
  • No Data40 · 74.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
2
Safe
11
No data
40

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.

14
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+6.9%
$36,416 vs $34,058
Business/Commerce General
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+21.1%
$61,096 vs $50,451
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+21.7%
$41,460 vs $34,058
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+32.1%
$66,668 vs $50,451
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+41.3%
$59,014 vs $41,770
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+48.4%
$50,326 vs $33,917
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+48.4%
$61,178 vs $41,236
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+75.5%
$59,761 vs $34,058

Debt vs earnings

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

12
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
102%
$51,250 debt · $50,326 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
96%
$64,172 debt · $66,668 earn
Educational Administration and Supervision
Doctoral Degree · Education
75%
$64,542 debt · $85,744 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
71%
$26,000 debt · $36,416 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
65%
$26,721 debt · $41,460 earn
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
54%
$33,084 debt · $61,178 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
53%
$31,219 debt · $59,014 earn
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
42%
$25,000 debt · $59,761 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1938Next review Dec 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 9

Action history · 10

  1. Mar 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Dec 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Oct 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  4. Oct 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  5. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

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$21,467
$30–48k$18,835
$48–75k$23,416
$75–110k$25,555
$110k+$29,032

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

Avg net price (private)
$24,264
+$378vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $23,886
Federal loans
57.4%
In-state tuition
$27,850
Out-of-state
$27,850

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 325 students received $1.8M in Pell grants, alongside $15.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
325
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.8M
$1,775,971 total
Direct Loans
$15.4M
1,458 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.4M
339 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.5M
374 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$8.3M
514 loan awards
Parent PLUS$738K
53 loan awards
Grad PLUS$3.5M
178 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 640 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (1.5%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.5%
-0.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
640
Defaulted
10
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.1%
2017
5.4%
2018
4.0%
2019
1.5%
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 Spalding

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs41
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

496 total completions
01Health Professions
15932.1%
02Education
10621.4%
03Psychology
9519.2%
04Business
489.7%
05Public Admin
387.7%
06English Language
326.5%
07Visual/Performing Arts
61.2%
08Multi/Interdisciplinary
40.8%
09Security/Protective
40.8%
10Communication
40.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
1,553
12-mo unduplicated
1,926
Undergraduate
907
Graduate
1,019

Gender split

Men
31%594
Women
69%1,332

Race / ethnicity composition

White
61.6%
Black
25.5%
Hispanic
6.7%
Two or more
3.2%
Unknown
1.5%
Asian
0.8%
Non-resident
0.7%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
271
153 M · 118 W
Women athletes
43.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$2.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$22K
$19K
Head-coach salaries
$29K
$30K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
25 M · 45 W
$141K
Soccer
39 M · 30 W
$309K
Baseball
45 M ·
$247K
Basketball
30 M · 14 W
$257K
Lacrosse
23 M · 19 W
$315K
Softball
· 23 W
$109K

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
15.01
23 offenses · 1,532 students

3-year trend

1.252 yrs ago1.281 yr ago15.01Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
27
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
6
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
18
Aggravated assault
2
Rape
1
Robbery
1
Burglary
1

By location

23total
  • On campus3
  • Public property20

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

2
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs20
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

  • Morrison Hall1 fire
    ElectricalDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
9.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
99

Spalding vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Spalding 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
SubjectSpalding University
52%1,553$24,264Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Lindsey Wilson College
43%4,193$13,811Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Florida Institute of Technology-Online
40.2%815$25,374Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Queens University of Charlotte
61%62.1%1,599$27,786Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Piedmont University
47%93.3%1,857$20,893Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
King University
49%99.7%1,157$23,508Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median49%77.7%1,576$23,886

Frequently asked questions about Spalding University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Spalding.

What is the graduation rate at Spalding University?

Spalding University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 52% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Spalding University?

Spalding University reports a total enrollment of 1,553 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Spalding University?

The average net price at Spalding University is $24,264 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Spalding University?

Spalding University's yield rate is 15.6%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Spalding University located?

Spalding University is located in Louisville, Kentucky 40203-2188.

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