College · Private nonprofit · Dallas, TX · City
Parker University
Dallas, TX
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size607
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
607 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 $42k/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$169k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$117k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$52k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $17.9k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$12k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr74%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$42k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out6%
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
- 607
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black33%
- White28%
- Hispanic18%
- Unknown14%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- International1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time36%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans4%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$24k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 10
What you can study.