College · Private nonprofit · Wichita, KS · City
Newman University
Wichita, KS
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size851
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 21.
If you get in
851 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 $46k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$186k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$80k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$106k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.5k
- Room & board
- $10.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,367
How students pay for it.
Pell grants12%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans17%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
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 retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr53%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$55k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out31%
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
- 851
- Location
- Wichita, KS
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White48%
- Hispanic29%
- International9%
- Black5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$43k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.