College · Private nonprofit · Springfield, MO · City
Evangel University
Springfield, MO
Religious affiliation
Admit rate72%
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size1,229
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 72% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1188.
If you get in
1,229 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$160k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$75k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$85k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $28.5k
- Room & board
- $8.9k
- Books & supplies
- $942
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr65%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,229
- Location
- Springfield, MO
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White75%
- Hispanic6%
- Two or more races5%
- Black5%
- International4%
- Unknown3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students26%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$53k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 46
What you can study.