College · Private nonprofit · Grand Rapids, MI · Suburb
Kuyper College
Grand Rapids, MI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate69%
6-yr median pay$34k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size145
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $34k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 69% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
145 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $38k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$153k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$63k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$91k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $27.7k
- Room & board
- $10.9k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants43%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans47%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention64%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$34k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$41k
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
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 145
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White43%
- Black30%
- Hispanic10%
- International6%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$64k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 13
What you can study.