Back to Colleges

Spalding University

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Louisville, KY
Population 1,300,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 597
Men / Women 39% / 61%
White 64%
Black 25%
Hispanic 6%
Asian 2%
Mixed 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Health Sciences 45%
Humanities & Social Sciences 27%
Business & Economics 16%
Education 5%
Arts 4%
Life & Natural Sciences 4%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $29,200
Est. Cost of Attendance $45,530
10-Year ROI $102,000
ROI Percentile 23th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 64%
4-Year Graduation Rate 42%
6-Year Graduation Rate 52%
Transfer-Out Rate 31%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,543 (47th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (30th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 55%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 51 #250
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Life & Natural Sciences 57 #277

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 85%
SAT Range 900 – 1020
SAT Math Range 435 – 525
SAT RW Range 440 – 513
ACT Range 15 – 22

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Spalding University 163 26% / 74% 1% $81,235
Biological and Physical Sciences 3 33% / 67% 0%
Biology 3 67% / 33% 0%
Health Sciences 24 17% / 83% 0%
Nursing 49 10% / 90% 0% $99,918
Accounting 6 33% / 67% 0%
Business Administration 20 65% / 35% 10% $73,360
African-American/Black Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Communication 3 100% / 0% 0%
Creative Writing 4 50% / 50% 0% $58,405
Criminal Justice 4 25% / 75% 0%
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Mass Communication 1 100% / 0% 0%
Psychology 19 11% / 89% 0% $46,152
Social Work 11 9% / 91% 0%
Elementary Education 7 29% / 71% 0%
Middle School Education 1 100% / 0% 0%
Secondary Education
Special Education
Studio Art 6 17% / 83% 0%