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Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, IA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,366 students · mostly bachelor degrees
41st-cheapest of 68 Iowa colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,846
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$54,222
Graduation rate
62%
Admission rate
78%
Median graduate earnings
$49,156
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$25,000
Average SAT
1120
Median ACT
22
Pell grant recipients
44%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
62 programsCurriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree46 grads/yr$68,691Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$63,950General Studies · Bachelor's Degree1 grads/yr$63,832Accounting · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$63,454Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$62,389Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$61,710Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$58,540Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$58,440College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree48 grads/yr$58,059Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$56,329Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$55,330Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$53,736Education, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$50,997Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$49,281Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$48,048Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$45,573Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor's Degree3 grads/yr$45,185Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$44,755
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.