unitid 123457 · Redding, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Simpson University
- enrollment 2023
- 1,095
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
86%
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
809
44th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
44%
undergrads on Pell grants
70th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
49%
finish within 150% time
34th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$54,688
65th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$27,817
after aid, aided students
74th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,340
after entry, Title IV students
55th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$18,750
17th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $25,511 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $34,920
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $39,708
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 53 | $109,928 | $28,635 |
| Psychology, General. | 48 | $50,830 | $22,250 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 39 | $52,299 | $20,708 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 19 | — | $19,000 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 16 | — | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 13 | — | — |
| Human Services, General. | 11 | — | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 10 | $50,665 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 8 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 7 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 4 | — | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 3 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.