unitid 154004 · Sioux City, IA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Morningside University
- enrollment 2023
- 2,929
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
44th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,163
56th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
51st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
50%
finish within 150% time
38th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$52,577
61st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$31,320
after aid, aided students
84th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,494
after entry, Title IV students
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,028
74th 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 $33,738 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
- 0-30k15%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k27%
- 110k+29%
- Median family income
- $71,162
- First-generation students
- 23%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $39,660
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Education and Teaching. | 99 | $61,817 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 59 | $61,287 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 54 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 45 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 34 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 33 | $73,081 | $28,000 |
| Biology, General. | 30 | $69,868 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 24 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 23 | $51,164 | $28,000 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 22 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 20 | $47,428 | $27,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 15 | — | — |
— 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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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.