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Paul Quinn College

Paul Quinn College is a private campus in Dallas proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. It is one of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities — a federally recognized designation. The school reports a African Methodist Episcopal 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

$18,812

family income
under $30k

$19,446

$30–48k

$19,547

$48–75k

$22,322

$75–110k

$24,500

over $110k

Average net price

$12,7092023–24Skip 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 Paul Quinn College rose from $7,887 (2008) to $12,709 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$7,887
2009	$6,603
2010	$13,028
2011	$10,297
2012	$13,197
2013	$12,655
2014	$17,948
2015	$10,915
2016	$5,185
2017	$12,530
2018	$13,951
2019	$14,208
2020	$5,529
2021	$8,867
2022	$20,244
2023	$12,709

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$23,5872024–25Skip 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 Paul Quinn College rose from $16,433 (2009) to $23,587 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$16,433
2010	$17,879
2011	$18,950
2012	$18,978
2013	$21,418
2014	$23,459
2015	$26,782
2016	$16,786
2017	$18,018
2018	$18,050
2019	$19,027
2020	$19,189
2021	$14,492
2022	$21,678
2023	$24,912
2024	$23,587

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
2001	$5,200
2002	$5,210
2003	$5,210
2004	$6,500
2005	$6,500
2006	$6,500
2007	$9,170
2008	$9,630
2013	$13,525
2014	$13,375
2015	$8,275
2016	$8,318
2017	$8,495
2018	$8,920
2019	$9,125
2020	$9,992
2021	$10,672
2022	$13,798
2023	$13,498

IPEDS Published price 2001–02 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $13,498 before grants and other attendance costs. At Paul Quinn College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 620 — Paul Quinn College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

26.9% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Paul Quinn College 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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26.9%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 Paul Quinn College rose from 16.7% (entered 2002) to 26.9% (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
1993 cohort	8.9%
1996 cohort	28.6%
1997 cohort	21.7%
1998 cohort	34.6%
1999 cohort	4.3%
2000 cohort	21.7%
2001 cohort	—
2002 cohort	16.7%
2003 cohort	11.9%
2004 cohort	8.6%
2005 cohort	5.4%
2006 cohort	0.6%
2007 cohort	4.9%
2008 cohort	3.8%
2009 cohort	12.9%
2010 cohort	7.8%
2011 cohort	19.2%
2012 cohort	19.6%
2013 cohort	19.6%
2014 cohort	20.7%
2015 cohort	22.9%
2016 cohort	28.9%
2017 cohort	38.1%
2018 cohort	26.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1993–2018

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 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$2,727	$2,348
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$3,250	$2,600
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$4,000	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$4,625	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$6,145	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$6,935	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$6,359	$3,000
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$8,468	$4,014
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$10,352	$5,670
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$13,320	$4,954
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$15,462	$4,993
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,346	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$22,238	$8,448
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$23,975	$5,668
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$26,160	$6,334
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	—	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	—	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$38,125	$6,298
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	—	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$31,479	$6,684
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	—	$8,661
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	—	$9,293
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$23,373	$10,250

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

$27,021

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$29,596

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$29,288

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

Paul Quinn College admitted 1,244 of 3,088 applicants in Fall 2024. The 40.3% rate describes that application pool.

40.3%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $13,498 tuition · 2023–24 620 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Paul Quinn College received 3,088 applications and admitted 1,244 (40.3%), with 169 enrolling.

Paul Quinn College did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Paul Quinn College under that historical policy.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Acceptance rate

40.3%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	92.8%
Fall 2002	26.9%
Fall 2003	5.9%
Fall 2004	12.7%
Fall 2005	7.5%
Fall 2006	9%
Fall 2007	—
Fall 2008	—
Fall 2009	41.4%
Fall 2010	43.5%
Fall 2011	43.5%
Fall 2012	85.5%
Fall 2013	98.6%
Fall 2014	90%
Fall 2015	59.9%
Fall 2016	31.9%
Fall 2017	54.3%
Fall 2018	90.1%
Fall 2019	79.2%
Fall 2020	61.9%
Fall 2021	87.4%
Fall 2022	57.3%
Fall 2023	33.8%
Fall 2024	40.3%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

855–1015Fall 2020 · 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 2001	200	200
Fall 2002	730	930
Fall 2003	420	830
Fall 2004	427	855
Fall 2005	785	1570
Fall 2006	465	930
Fall 2007	755	1510
Fall 2008	745	1240
Fall 2009	730	830
Fall 2010	850	910
Fall 2011	850	910
Fall 2012	620	790
Fall 2013	720	890
Fall 2014	987	1230
Fall 2015	685	840
Fall 2016	590	1030
Fall 2017	730	950
Fall 2018	712	928
Fall 2019	800	910
Fall 2020	855	1015

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

14–17Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

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

6 filed values fell outside the usable range for this scale and aren't drawn here.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	26	34
Fall 2002	17	18
Fall 2003	—	16
Fall 2004	—	17
Fall 2005	—	14
Fall 2006	—	16
Fall 2007	—	16
Fall 2008	—	16
Fall 2009	11	13
Fall 2010	18	20
Fall 2011	18	20
Fall 2012	14	18
Fall 2013	13	18
Fall 2014	19	25
Fall 2015	14	18
Fall 2016	12	25
Fall 2017	14	17
Fall 2018	13	17
Fall 2019	15	19
Fall 2020	14	17

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, 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

620Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Paul Quinn College fell from 826 (Fall 2002) to 620 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	826
Fall 2003	821
Fall 2004	944
Fall 2005	790
Fall 2006	768
Fall 2007	567
Fall 2008	437
Fall 2009	166
Fall 2010	219
Fall 2011	198
Fall 2012	192
Fall 2013	243
Fall 2014	272
Fall 2015	420
Fall 2016	427
Fall 2017	515
Fall 2018	549
Fall 2019	552
Fall 2020	468
Fall 2021	384
Fall 2022	938
Fall 2023	600
Fall 2024	620

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

49%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 Paul Quinn College fell from 86% (Fall 2003) to 49% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	86%
Fall 2004 cohort	76%
Fall 2005 cohort	58%
Fall 2006 cohort	25%
Fall 2007 cohort	37%
Fall 2008 cohort	9%
Fall 2009 cohort	51%
Fall 2010 cohort	77%
Fall 2011 cohort	44%
Fall 2012 cohort	57%
Fall 2013 cohort	48%
Fall 2014 cohort	57%
Fall 2015 cohort	57%
Fall 2016 cohort	62%
Fall 2017 cohort	68%
Fall 2018 cohort	57%
Fall 2019 cohort	56%
Fall 2020 cohort	70%
Fall 2021 cohort	72%
Fall 2022 cohort	56%
Fall 2023 cohort	49%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Paul Quinn College

67.3% of Paul Quinn College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Paul Quinn College as a primarily residential campus of 620 undergraduates — and 49% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Paul Quinn College reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 40.3%. Review Paul Quinn College'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 Paul Quinn College 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

Paul Quinn College40.3%

Texas median84.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Paul Quinn College$13,498

Texas median$13,498

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

Paul Quinn College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Paul Quinn College$29,288

Texas median$54,132

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Paul Quinn College, Texas and national reference values
Metric & basis	Paul Quinn College	Texas median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	40.3%	84.5%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$13,498	$13,498	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$29,288	$54,132	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Paul Quinn College report?

Paul Quinn College did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 40.3% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Paul Quinn College's acceptance rate?

40.3% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,244 admitted from 3,088 applicants.

How much does Paul Quinn College cost?

At Paul Quinn College, tuition is $13,498. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Paul Quinn College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $29,288. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Texas

McMurry University — 57% admitted
Southwestern University — 43.1% admitted
LeTourneau University — 38% admitted
Texas A & M International University — 44.4% 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. Read the date and population definitions.