Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Midsize

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Higher Learning Commission

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid is $21,705. 49% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $58,718 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $22,500.

Average net price
$21,705
per year Verified data
Completion rate
49%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$58,718
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$22,500
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$36,136
Out-of-state tuition and fees$36,136
Average cost of attendance$49,220
Books and supplies$1,296
Room and board, on campus$14,290
Average net price, all aided students$21,705
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$17,979
Average net price, family income over $110,000$25,679

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
99%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
Data unavailable
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
1,486
Graduate enrollment
356
Students receiving Pell grants
46%
Student to faculty ratio
12 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time49%
Completion within normal time42%
First-year retention (full-time)70%
Median federal debt, graduates$22,500
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$256
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$18,297
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry78%
1 year after completion$50,483
4 years after completion$57,521
6 years after entry$51,149
8 years after entry$57,439
10 years after entry$58,718
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $58,718; the middle half earned $41,472 to $82,332. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Grand View University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

66 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (8)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Science
CIP 30.70 · All credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
CIP 30.23
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (49)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
13$61,318$26,375
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs
CIP 01.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Applied Mathematics
CIP 27.03 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
9$50,272Suppressed for privacy
Biotechnology
CIP 26.12 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
35Suppressed for privacy$26,500
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01
$51,413$25,000
Business/Corporate Communications
CIP 52.05 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacy$23,220
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
CIP 09.99 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online
15$46,591$24,101
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · All credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Science
CIP 30.70
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online
20$59,277$23,250
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
CIP 51.11 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
9$57,798Suppressed for privacy
Human Services, General
CIP 44.00 · All credentials fully online
6$41,240$26,775
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · All credentials fully online
23$47,504$28,225
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
14$50,082$19,350
Music
CIP 50.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Non-Professional Legal Studies
CIP 22.00 · No credentials fully online
5Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · All credentials fully online
37$38,885$27,000
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
34$73,065$27,000
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · All credentials fully online
15$38,025$25,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
50$37,503$24,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
13$46,913$26,574
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Theological and Ministerial Studies
CIP 39.06 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (6)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
21$77,683Suppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · All credentials fully online
25$61,262Suppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · All credentials fully online
39Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · All credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (3)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
CIP 30.23 · All credentials fully online
5Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 153375, OPEID 001867. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.