unitid 179548 · Columbia, MO · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Stephens College
- enrollment 2023
- 691
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
77%
57th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
391
27th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
45%
undergrads on Pell grants
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$46,643
48th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$23,459
after aid, aided students
57th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,071
after entry, Title IV students
23rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
89th 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 $9,918 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
- 0-30k32%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $40,725
- First-generation students
- 31%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $28,300
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.6× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 30 | — | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 15 | — | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 14 | — | $27,000 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 9 | $49,409 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 9 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 8 | — | $30,521 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 7 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 7 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 7 | $74,339 | $48,781 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 7 | — | — |
| Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services. | 5 | — | — |
| Graphic Communications. | 5 | — | — |
— 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.