Spalding University
Louisville, KY · Private · Large city · Spalding
Private institution in Louisville, KY · 597 undergraduates · 99% acceptance rate · $49,438 median earnings 10 years after entry.
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
- $24,2641,433rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $27,8501,281st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $27,8501,161st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $43,4741,290th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,2501,367th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,4381,098th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,8701,035th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 57.3%860th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 69.7%1,244th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 98.6%1,508th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1014921st highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 20798th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5971,621st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 35.6%905th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 155 mi (BNA)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 15 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $59,124 | $59,967 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $45,696 | — |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | $36,560 | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $25,967 | — |
| Biological and Physical SciencesMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Education, GeneralEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
| Social Sciences, GeneralSocial Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Roman Catholicsource
- Founded in 1814source
- Athletic nickname: "Golden Eagles"source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIIsource
- School colors: #0033A0 and #FFD700source
- Mascot: Ollie the Eaglesource
- Formerly known as "{{collapsible list|"source
- Formerly known as "* Nazareth Academy"source
- Formerly known as "(1814–1920)"source
- Formerly known as "* Nazareth College"source
- Formerly known as "(1920–1961)"source
- Formerly known as "* Nazareth Junior College"source
- Formerly known as "(1920–1940)"source
- Formerly known as "* Nazareth College at Nazareth"source
- Formerly known as "(1961–1969)"source
- Formerly known as "* Catherine Spalding College"source
- Formerly known as "(1961–1969)"source
- Formerly known as "* Spalding College"source
- Formerly known as "(1969–1984)"source
- Formerly known as "}}"source
- Athletic conference: SLIACsource
Athletics — 8 sports
NCAA Division III without football · NCAA Division III
Athletic scholarships not allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport. Athletic scholarships are not allowed by association rule; non-athletic merit or need-based aid may still be available.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Spalding University’s 597 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In KY
- Beckfield College-FlorenceFlorence, KY · 612 undergrads
- Brescia UniversityOwensboro, KY · 538 undergrads
- Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY · 528 undergrads
- Union CollegeBarbourville, KY · 736 undergrads
- Kentucky Christian UniversityGrayson, KY · 438 undergrads
- Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro, KY · 794 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Platt College-Los AngelesAlhambra, CA · 598 undergrads
- Bluffton UniversityBluffton, OH · 595 undergrads
- Paul Quinn CollegeDallas, TX · 600 undergrads
- Universidad Central de BayamonBayamón, PR · 594 undergrads
- Cabarrus College of Health SciencesConcord, NC · 602 undergrads
- Westminster CollegeFulton, MO · 592 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitespalding.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 157757)
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- Compare with Beckfield College-FlorenceSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Spalding University vs Beckfield College-FlorenceHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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