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Grand View University

Grand View University is a private campus in Des Moines proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Evangelical Lutheran Church affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$19,216

family income
under $30k

$20,268

$30–48k

$19,778

$48–75k

$19,911

$75–110k

$25,025

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$21,7742023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Grand View University rose from $16,523 (2008) to $21,774 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$16,523
2009	$15,984
2010	$16,794
2011	$17,404
2012	$18,229
2013	$18,266
2014	$17,251
2015	$19,132
2016	$18,332
2017	$19,121
2018	$19,826
2019	$20,469
2020	$36,663
2021	$20,754
2022	$21,613
2023	$21,774

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$48,5222024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Grand View University rose from $28,418 (2009) to $48,522 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$28,418
2010	$28,266
2011	$29,512
2012	$30,772
2013	$31,761
2014	$32,667
2015	$33,745
2016	$34,943
2017	$35,381
2018	$37,623
2019	$38,633
2020	$39,864
2021	$41,358
2022	$43,078
2023	$46,176
2024	$48,522

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$12,880
2001	$13,340
2002	$14,194
2003	$14,740
2004	$15,342
2005	$16,060
2006	$16,890
2007	$17,752
2008	$18,554
2013	$22,628
2014	$23,426
2015	$24,614
2016	$25,474
2017	$26,516
2018	$27,608
2019	$30,508
2020	$29,792
2021	$30,864
2022	$32,068
2023	$33,450

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $34,762 before grants and other attendance costs. At Grand View University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,486 — Grand View University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

54% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Grand View University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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54%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Grand View University rose from 41.8% (entered 1991) to 54% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	41.8%
1992 cohort	34.3%
1993 cohort	32.7%
1994 cohort	33.1%
1995 cohort	36.7%
1996 cohort	30.5%
1997 cohort	37.2%
1998 cohort	36%
1999 cohort	35.7%
2000 cohort	39.9%
2001 cohort	38.7%
2002 cohort	47.6%
2003 cohort	48.1%
2004 cohort	44.5%
2005 cohort	40.7%
2006 cohort	49%
2007 cohort	47.9%
2008 cohort	46.7%
2009 cohort	47.4%
2010 cohort	48.2%
2011 cohort	50.1%
2012 cohort	50.3%
2013 cohort	54.7%
2014 cohort	55.6%
2015 cohort	50.7%
2016 cohort	52.2%
2017 cohort	55.8%
2018 cohort	54%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$15,781	$7,147
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$15,315	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$15,107	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$14,964	$5,284
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,635	$4,320
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$15,750	$5,067
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$16,135	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,438	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$16,250	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,823	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,000	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$21,741	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,603	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$24,362	$7,481
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$23,651	$6,502
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$23,819	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$23,500	$7,963
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$23,492	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$24,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$23,000	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$22,500	$6,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$47,582

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$51,170

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$52,824

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Grand View University admitted 1,413 of 1,426 applicants in Fall 2024. The 99.1% rate describes that application pool.

99.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $33,450 tuition · 2023–24 1,486 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Grand View University received 1,426 applications and admitted 1,413 (99.1%), with 295 enrolling.

Grand View University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Grand View University under that historical policy.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Acceptance rate

99.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	72.6%
Fall 2002	94.8%
Fall 2003	92.2%
Fall 2004	97.7%
Fall 2005	95.3%
Fall 2006	99.3%
Fall 2007	97.7%
Fall 2008	94.9%
Fall 2009	94.8%
Fall 2010	92%
Fall 2011	93.1%
Fall 2012	92.5%
Fall 2013	95.4%
Fall 2014	98.7%
Fall 2015	98.2%
Fall 2016	96.6%
Fall 2017	92.7%
Fall 2018	92%
Fall 2019	95.9%
Fall 2020	97%
Fall 2021	99.6%
Fall 2022	98.4%
Fall 2023	98.4%
Fall 2024	99.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

920–1080Fall 2021 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	790	1300
Fall 2003	740	1080
Fall 2004	890	1110
Fall 2005	810	1020
Fall 2006	960	1080
Fall 2007	830	1070
Fall 2008	770	1010
Fall 2009	790	1000
Fall 2010	850	1040
Fall 2011	800	950
Fall 2012	790	1020
Fall 2013	780	930
Fall 2014	830	1040
Fall 2015	780	1120
Fall 2016	850	1070
Fall 2017	890	1150
Fall 2018	920	1110
Fall 2019	920	1120
Fall 2020	910	1120
Fall 2021	920	1080

IPEDS Fall 2002–2021, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

17–22Fall 2021 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	18	23
Fall 2002	18	22
Fall 2003	18	23
Fall 2004	18	23
Fall 2005	18	22
Fall 2006	18	23
Fall 2007	18	23
Fall 2008	18	23
Fall 2009	18	23
Fall 2010	18	23
Fall 2011	19	23
Fall 2012	18	23
Fall 2013	19	23
Fall 2014	18	23
Fall 2015	18	23
Fall 2016	18	23
Fall 2017	18	23
Fall 2018	18	23
Fall 2019	17	22
Fall 2020	18	23
Fall 2021	17	22

IPEDS Fall 2001–2021, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,486Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Grand View University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 2,166 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 1,486.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,463
Fall 2003	1,542
Fall 2004	1,697
Fall 2005	1,696
Fall 2006	1,645
Fall 2007	1,681
Fall 2008	1,886
Fall 2009	1,921
Fall 2010	2,035
Fall 2011	2,166
Fall 2012	2,162
Fall 2013	2,079
Fall 2014	1,977
Fall 2015	1,889
Fall 2016	1,876
Fall 2017	1,753
Fall 2018	1,731
Fall 2019	1,725
Fall 2020	1,660
Fall 2021	1,532
Fall 2022	1,525
Fall 2023	1,472
Fall 2024	1,486

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

70%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Grand View University has held near 70% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	75%
Fall 2003 cohort	68%
Fall 2004 cohort	68%
Fall 2005 cohort	64%
Fall 2006 cohort	67%
Fall 2007 cohort	67%
Fall 2008 cohort	70%
Fall 2009 cohort	68%
Fall 2010 cohort	64%
Fall 2011 cohort	73%
Fall 2012 cohort	69%
Fall 2013 cohort	71%
Fall 2014 cohort	74%
Fall 2015 cohort	68%
Fall 2016 cohort	67%
Fall 2017 cohort	71%
Fall 2018 cohort	68%
Fall 2019 cohort	69%
Fall 2020 cohort	71%
Fall 2021 cohort	69%
Fall 2022 cohort	73%
Fall 2023 cohort	70%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Grand View University

45% of Grand View University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Grand View University as a primarily residential campus of 1,486 undergraduates — and 70.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Grand View University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 99.1%. Review Grand View University's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Grand View University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Grand View University99.1%

Iowa median80.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Grand View University$34,762

Iowa median$36,684

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Grand View University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Grand View University$52,824

Iowa median$55,396

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Grand View University, Iowa and national reference values
Metric & basis	Grand View University	Iowa median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	99.1%	80.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$34,762	$36,684	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$52,824	$55,396	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Grand View University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Grand View University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 15 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$73,047
Finance and Financial Management Services	$67,234
Accounting and Related Services	$66,906
Biology, General	$66,623
Marketing	$65,010
Business/Commerce, General	$64,126
Human Resources Management and Services	$58,176
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$56,906
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$54,875
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$49,409
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$49,263
Psychology, General	$47,798
Human Services, General	$44,106
Design and Applied Arts	$41,944
Social Work	$41,210

These 15 fields listed for Grand View University measure earnings after completion. The $52,824 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 34 additional Grand View University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Grand View University report?

Grand View University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 99.1% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Grand View University's acceptance rate?

99.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,413 admitted from 1,426 applicants.

How much does Grand View University cost?

At Grand View University, tuition is $34,762. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Grand View University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $52,824. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Iowa

University of Dubuque — 88.6% admitted
Iowa State University — 88.7% admitted
Central College — 86.2% admitted
Loras College — 99.9% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.