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Simpson University

Simpson University is a private campus in Redding proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Christ and Missionary Alliance 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

$22,880

family income
under $30k

$29,551

$30–48k

$25,439

$48–75k

$29,660

$75–110k

$30,193

over $110k

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

Average net price

$27,8172023–24Skip 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 Simpson University rose from $15,697 (2008) to $27,817 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$15,697
2009	$15,669
2010	$17,004
2011	$17,943
2012	$17,760
2013	$18,092
2014	$19,739
2015	$20,574
2016	$27,551
2017	$24,298
2018	$22,703
2019	$24,482
2020	$25,093
2021	$24,437
2022	$27,923
2023	$27,817

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$54,6882024–25Skip 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 Simpson University rose from $30,232 (2009) to $54,688 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$30,232
2010	$31,460
2011	$32,045
2012	$32,996
2013	$33,889
2014	$35,070
2015	$36,480
2016	$37,437
2017	$38,380
2018	$39,946
2019	$43,693
2020	$46,394
2021	$49,249
2022	$52,041
2023	$52,366
2024	$54,688

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	$11,630
2001	$11,840
2002	$13,680
2003	$14,760
2004	$15,500
2005	$17,000
2006	$17,800
2007	$18,600
2008	$19,500
2013	$23,300
2014	$24,300
2015	$25,200
2016	$25,950
2017	$27,700
2018	$30,200
2019	$31,910
2020	$33,630
2021	$35,900
2022	$37,480
2023	$38,522

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $39,708 before grants and other attendance costs. At Simpson University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 809 — Simpson University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

48.8% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Simpson 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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48.8%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 Simpson University has wandered from Fall 1996 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 59.9% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 48.8%.

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
1996 cohort	50%
1997 cohort	46.7%
1998 cohort	40.4%
1999 cohort	47.3%
2000 cohort	50.6%
2001 cohort	50%
2002 cohort	44.4%
2003 cohort	42.9%
2004 cohort	43.1%
2005 cohort	42.9%
2006 cohort	40.7%
2007 cohort	47.2%
2008 cohort	52.4%
2009 cohort	49.3%
2010 cohort	47.1%
2011 cohort	56.7%
2012 cohort	59.9%
2013 cohort	45%
2014 cohort	42.5%
2015 cohort	51.7%
2016 cohort	46.6%
2017 cohort	41.7%
2018 cohort	48.8%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1996–2018

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)	$13,869	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	—	$10,808
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,007	$8,299
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,046	$6,788
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$16,663	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$16,663	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$16,663	$8,780
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$16,663	$8,338
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$16,666	$7,400
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$16,666	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$16,666	$8,334
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$16,668	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$17,805	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$18,817	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$19,775	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$19,742	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$18,750	$9,500

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

$51,256

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$52,259

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$54,340

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

Simpson University admitted 708 of 823 applicants in Fall 2024. The 86% rate describes that application pool.

86%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $38,522 tuition · 2023–24 809 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Simpson University received 823 applications and admitted 708 (86%), with 171 enrolling.

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

Check current requirements with admissions.

Acceptance rate

86%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	61.4%
Fall 2002	65.8%
Fall 2003	94.8%
Fall 2004	59.2%
Fall 2005	54%
Fall 2006	55.3%
Fall 2007	61.3%
Fall 2008	57.6%
Fall 2009	59.2%
Fall 2010	65.1%
Fall 2011	52%
Fall 2012	60.5%
Fall 2013	55.5%
Fall 2014	57.4%
Fall 2015	51.5%
Fall 2016	52.1%
Fall 2017	55.6%
Fall 2018	50%
Fall 2019	52.3%
Fall 2020	59.7%
Fall 2021	67%
Fall 2023	99%
Fall 2024	86%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

960–1185Fall 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	890	1130
Fall 2002	890	1120
Fall 2003	880	1120
Fall 2004	880	1150
Fall 2005	880	1110
Fall 2006	870	1130
Fall 2007	890	1130
Fall 2008	870	1140
Fall 2009	860	1080
Fall 2010	880	1100
Fall 2011	930	1160
Fall 2012	900	1110
Fall 2013	910	1150
Fall 2014	940	1120
Fall 2015	893	1120
Fall 2016	860	1105
Fall 2017	998	1183
Fall 2018	966	1160
Fall 2019	930	1140
Fall 2020	960	1185

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

21–28Fall 2020 · 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 2003	17	24
Fall 2004	18	23
Fall 2005	17	24
Fall 2006	18	24
Fall 2007	20	25
Fall 2008	19	26
Fall 2009	18	24
Fall 2010	18	25
Fall 2011	20	26
Fall 2012	19	24
Fall 2013	21	23
Fall 2014	19	24
Fall 2015	18	24
Fall 2016	18	24
Fall 2017	18	23
Fall 2018	19	26
Fall 2019	17	23
Fall 2020	21	28

IPEDS Fall 2003–2020, 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

809Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Simpson University fell from 1,028 (Fall 2002) to 809 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,028
Fall 2003	961
Fall 2004	949
Fall 2005	922
Fall 2006	869
Fall 2007	892
Fall 2008	936
Fall 2009	953
Fall 2010	971
Fall 2011	1,015
Fall 2012	1,033
Fall 2013	1,024
Fall 2014	1,065
Fall 2015	959
Fall 2016	788
Fall 2017	708
Fall 2018	667
Fall 2019	701
Fall 2020	696
Fall 2021	730
Fall 2022	704
Fall 2023	751
Fall 2024	809

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

60%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 Simpson University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 82% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 60%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	59%
Fall 2003 cohort	61%
Fall 2004 cohort	58%
Fall 2005 cohort	66%
Fall 2006 cohort	63%
Fall 2007 cohort	69%
Fall 2008 cohort	73%
Fall 2009 cohort	65%
Fall 2010 cohort	63%
Fall 2011 cohort	74%
Fall 2012 cohort	81%
Fall 2013 cohort	73%
Fall 2014 cohort	74%
Fall 2015 cohort	82%
Fall 2016 cohort	68%
Fall 2017 cohort	64%
Fall 2018 cohort	66%
Fall 2019 cohort	72%
Fall 2020 cohort	64%
Fall 2021 cohort	65%
Fall 2022 cohort	62%
Fall 2023 cohort	60%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Simpson University

44.1% of Simpson University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Simpson University as a primarily residential campus of 809 undergraduates — and 60.4% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Simpson University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 86%. Review Simpson 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 Simpson 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

Simpson University86%

California median74.4%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Simpson University$39,708

California median$23,000

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

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

Simpson University$54,340

California median$64,778

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Simpson University, California and national reference values
Metric & basis	Simpson University	California median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	86%	74.4%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$39,708	$23,000	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$54,340	$64,778	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

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

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

View 5 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$113,623
Human Resources Management and Services	$65,797
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$58,478
Psychology, General	$56,902
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$52,311

These 5 fields listed for Simpson University measure earnings after completion. The $54,340 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 25 additional Simpson University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Simpson University report?

Simpson University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 86% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Simpson University's acceptance rate?

86% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 708 admitted from 823 applicants.

How much does Simpson University cost?

At Simpson University, tuition is $39,708. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Simpson University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $54,340. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in California

Saint Mary's College of California — 86.5% admitted
Sonoma State University — 93.4% admitted
William Jessup University — 93.3% admitted
San Francisco State University — 96.4% 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. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.