unitid 170082 · Allendale, MI · public 4-year · town (fringe)
Grand Valley State University
- enrollment 2023
- 24,603
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
83%
50th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
18,854
86th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
29%
undergrads on Pell grants
41st pctl among public 4-years
completion
67%
finish within 150% time
86th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,367
82nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,317
after aid, aided students
74th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$56,118
after entry, Title IV students
65th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,500
87th pctl among public 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 $12,272 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k18%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k20%
- 110k+30%
- Median family income
- $63,788
- First-generation students
- 27%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $15,140
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology, General. | 282 | $52,780 | $26,748 |
| Psychology, General. | 276 | $50,042 | $25,187 |
| Marketing. | 269 | $69,915 | $25,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 239 | $72,866 | $27,000 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 239 | $74,838 | $24,199 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 235 | — | $26,300 |
| Education, General. | 224 | $48,711 | $29,364 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 183 | $60,572 | $26,262 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 140 | $55,205 | $26,377 |
| Social Work. | 128 | $58,895 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 123 | $73,018 | $23,750 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 121 | $60,671 | $26,000 |
— 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.