Calvary University
Kansas City, MO · Private · Large city
Private institution in Kansas City, MO · 170 undergraduates · 71% acceptance rate · $45,421 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 19%Cost of attendance
- Top 24%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 25%Average net price
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $12,860500th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,692875th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $13,692477th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $20,044372nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $20,839735th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,4211,326th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,1441,629th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 52.6%1,045th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 61.5%1,550th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 70.9%630th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1008929th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 20798th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1701,893rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 35.8%888th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 411 mi (ORD)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 19 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | $21,964 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| History | bachelors | — | — |
| JournalismCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 2 sports
NCCAA Division II · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Calvary University’s 170 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MO
- City Vision UniversityKansas City, MO · 188 undergrads
- Bryan UniversitySpringfield, MO · 150 undergrads
- Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health SciencesCape Girardeau, MO · 146 undergrads
- Central Christian College of the BibleMoberly, MO · 145 undergrads
- Bolivar Technical CollegeBolivar, MO · 144 undergrads
- Concorde Career College-Kansas CityKansas City, MO · 240 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Virginia University of LynchburgLynchburg, VA · 170 undergrads
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel AleksanderBrooklyn, NY · 169 undergrads
- Manna UniversityFayetteville, NC · 169 undergrads
- Appalachian Bible CollegeMount Hope, WV · 168 undergrads
- Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY · 172 undergrads
- PCI CollegeCerritos, CA · 168 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecalvary.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 176789)
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- Showdown: Calvary University vs City Vision UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 2 EADA programs at this school
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