College · Private nonprofit · Boulder, CO · City
Naropa University
Boulder, CO
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$22k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size339
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $22k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
339 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 $53k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$214k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$117k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$97k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback5.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $36.6k
- Room & board
- $12.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,256
How students pay for it.
Pell grants51%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
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 retention56%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr37%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$22k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$29k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out17%
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
- 339
- Location
- Boulder, CO
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White62%
- Hispanic14%
- Unknown10%
- Two or more races6%
- Black3%
- Asian3%
- International2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students19%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time9%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$21k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 12
What you can study.