unitid 413413 · Minneapolis, MN · private for-profit 4-year · city (large)
Capella University
- enrollment 2023
- 72,226
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
18,364
98th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
39%
undergrads on Pell grants
24th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
20%
finish within 150% time
14th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,820
8th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,956
after aid, aided students
15th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$42,189
after entry, Title IV students
61st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$14,968
29th pctl among private for-profit 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 $17,485 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+19%
- Median family income
- $31,525
- First-generation students
- 50%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,400
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.8× 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. | 5,561 | $96,740 | $27,826 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 1,529 | $60,200 | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 1,181 | $54,422 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 849 | $115,444 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 604 | $79,520 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 597 | $81,606 | $33,750 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities. | 574 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 573 | $70,150 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 556 | $48,007 | $40,816 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 312 | $48,652 | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 303 | $74,146 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 293 | $71,538 | $39,692 |
— 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.