Grand Valley State University
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Details
- Name: Grand Valley State University
- Location: Allendale, MI 49401-9403
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 94.69%
- Average SAT Scores 1079
- Four Year Completion Rate 44.56% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 68.65% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 68.96% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
Average4 Year44.6%6 Year68.7%8 Year69.0% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $26,578 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $20,820 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $14,628 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $19,500 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $24,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $10,915 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $11,395 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $11,390 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $14,507 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $20,860 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $23,541 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $47,840 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $44,050 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $51,712 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $49,496 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $56,118 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,755 | $30,921 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,319 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $26,108 | $21,642 | $30,680 |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $27,961 | $26,674 | $38,420 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,380 | $30,428 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $25,945 | $17,317 | $23,340 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $23,731 | No data | $39,331 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $27,948 | $38,770 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,497 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $32,314 | $28,837 | $37,125 |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $36,341 | $58,382 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,039 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,711 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $32,088 | $27,266 | $41,498 |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $27,769 | $23,488 | $28,122 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $28,718 | $23,832 | $34,822 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $24,311 | $31,888 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,005 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,186 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $19,938 | $32,676 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $26,307 | $22,727 | $30,036 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $30,427 | $26,435 | $62,211 |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,352 | No data |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $29,780 | No data | $74,641 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,369 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,048 |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $26,051 | $21,960 | $34,390 |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $33,301 | $27,122 | $39,437 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,652 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $30,530 | $26,196 | $59,822 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $29,647 | $26,136 | $51,957 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $29,335 | $26,741 | $45,994 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | $31,762 | $26,279 | $38,643 |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $23,936 | No data | $70,095 |
| African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Legal Support Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,426 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $29,907 | $21,988 | $36,374 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $21,950 | $27,948 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $31,187 | $27,629 | $27,617 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,459 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,927 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $32,411 | $29,853 | $23,424 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $40,783 | $34,944 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | $27,172 | $24,689 | $28,629 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $30,706 | $25,337 | $30,278 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $23,506 | $20,767 | $46,872 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $31,458 | $29,605 | $47,558 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $27,633 | $20,911 | $43,752 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $23,533 | No data | $26,987 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $31,179 | $22,000 | $37,452 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $28,131 | $23,234 | $31,914 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biopsychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,671 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $29,139 | No data | $24,144 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,924 | $29,582 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $25,488 | $28,844 |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,591 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $27,777 | $25,415 | $35,325 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,184 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $32,087 | $29,498 | $47,277 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | $25,003 | No data | $44,077 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $37,517 | $35,965 | $48,926 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $27,303 | $25,454 | $43,898 |