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Kuyper College Data & Information Overview

69% Acceptance Rate
3% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Kuyper College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Kuyper was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Kuyper?

69% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
0% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Kuyper College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 69%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Kuyper received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

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Kuyper College Faculty

8 to 1 Student to Faculty
40% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Kuyper it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Kuyper College is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  40 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Kuyper College

57% Freshmen Retention
50% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Kuyper College this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  57 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Kuyper for first-time, full-time students is 50%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  50 out of 100
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Kuyper College Undergraduate Student Diversity

96 Full-Time Undergraduates
14.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
61.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 140 undergraduates at Kuyper with 96 being full-time and 44 being part-time.

How Much Does Kuyper College Cost?

$18,297 Net Price
100% Take Out Loans
$25,232 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Kuyper is $18,297. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Kuyper, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Kuyper, approximately 100% of students took out student loans averaging $6,308 a year. That adds up to $25,232 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kuyper is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Kuyper Graduates Make?

$36,681 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Kuyper with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $36,681 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 14% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Kuyper College

Michigan State
96 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Kuyper College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand Rapids is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for Kuyper are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3333 East Beltline Ave Ne, Grand Rapids, MI 49525-9781
Phone: 616-222-3000
Website: https://www.kuyper.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KuyperCollegeAdmissions

Kuyper College Majors

19 Majors With Completions
37 Undergraduate Degrees
2 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 19 majors graduated from Kuyper College. Of these students, 37 received undergraduate degrees and 2 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 12 NA
Social Work 11 NA
Liberal Arts General Studies 7 NA
Biblical Studies 2 NA
Communication & Media Studies 1 NA
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 1 NA
Health & Physical Education 0 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 NA
Graphic Communications 0 NA
Audiovisual Communications 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Kuyper College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Kuyper

9% Take At Least One Class Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 11 students took at least one online class at Kuyper College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 11 0
2019-2020 0 0
2018-2019 16 0
2017-2018 13 0
2016-2017 0 0

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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