College · Private nonprofit · Olathe, KS · Suburb
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Olathe, KS
Religious affiliation
Admit rate79%
6-yr median pay$57k
Net price / yr$32k
Undergrad size983
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $32k/yr for a shot at a $57k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 79% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1048 · ACT 20.
If you get in
983 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 $57k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $32k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$229k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$129k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$101k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.2k
- Room & board
- $11.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,446
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans52%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$15k
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 retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$57k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$63k
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
- 983
- Location
- Olathe, KS
- 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, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- MidAmerica Nazarene College
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- Black14%
- Hispanic9%
- Two or more races8%
- International5%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 40
What you can study.