Parker University
Dallas, TX · Private · Large city
Private institution in Dallas, TX · 494 undergraduates · $42,091 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 7%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 10%Median graduate debt
- Top 18%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 20%Pell Grant share
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
- $25,4911,507th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,4571,037th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,457693rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $35,8191,117th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $12,288193rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,0911,512th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,181934th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 71.8%358th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 25.0%1,803rd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4941,684th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1144th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 47.9%422nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 3 mi (DAL)
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 9 of 9 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Health-Related Knowledge and Skills | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Parker University’s 494 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TX
- College of Biblical Studies-HoustonHouston, TX · 482 undergrads
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- North American UniversityStafford, TX · 573 undergrads
- Southwestern Adventist UniversityKeene, TX · 574 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Beacon CollegeLeesburg, FL · 497 undergrads
- Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto RicoSan Juan, PR · 497 undergrads
- Williams Baptist UniversityWalnut Ridge, AR · 490 undergrads
- Bethel College-North NewtonNorth Newton, KS · 499 undergrads
- St. John's CollegeAnnapolis, MD · 488 undergrads
- Beal UniversityBangor, ME · 503 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteparker.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 243823)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TexasEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with College of Biblical Studies-HoustonSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Parker University vs College of Biblical Studies-HoustonHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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