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Drury University Data & Information Overview

24 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
65% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Drury University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Drury University Ranked?

#1,389 Best Colleges in Nation
#29 Best Colleges in MO
Business Administration & Management Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Drury University was awarded 24 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.

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Overall Quality

Drury University is ranked #1,389 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

Drury University also holds the #29 spot on the Best Colleges in Missouri ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Drury University?

65% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
11% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Drury University has an acceptance rate of 65%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Drury University.

Average Test Scores

About 11% of students accepted to Drury University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 650. Math scores were between 520 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Drury University  ( 530 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Drury University  ( 520 to 620 )
200
800
Drury University received ACT scores from 61% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 30.

ACT Composite Scores for Drury University  ( 23 to 30 )
1
36

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Drury University Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Drury University is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Drury University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Drury University

76% Freshmen Retention
40% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Drury University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  76 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Drury University for first-time, full-time students is 40%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  40 out of 100
0
100

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Drury University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,383 Full-Time Undergraduates
11.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,409 undergraduates at Drury University with 1,383 being full-time and 26 being part-time.

How Much Does Drury University Cost?

$18,736 Net Price
60% Take Out Loans
$30,056 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Drury University is $18,736. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Drury University

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$16,237 $14,146 $17,162 $19,680 $24,089

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Drury University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Drury University, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $7,514 a year. That adds up to $30,056 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Drury University is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Drury University Graduates Make?

$37,543 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Drury University with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $37,543 in their early years. This is about 12% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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See which majors at Drury University make the most money.

Location of Drury University

Missouri State
1,383 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Drury University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for Drury University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 900 N. Benton Ave, Springfield, MO 65802-3791
Phone: 417-873-7879
Website: www.drury.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DruryUniversity/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/druryuniversity

Drury University Majors

55 Majors With Completions
408 Undergraduate Degrees
87 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 55 majors graduated from Drury University. Of these students, 408 received undergraduate degrees and 87 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Biology 44 $32,625
Finance & Financial Management 24 NA
General Architecture 23 $46,890
Business Administration & Management 22 $35,852
Teacher Education Grade Specific 19 $28,908
Marketing 19 NA
General Psychology 16 $23,521
Public Relations & Advertising 15 NA
Accounting 14 NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 13 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Drury University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Drury University

28% Take At Least One Class Online
13% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 458 students took at least one online class at Drury University. This is a decrease from the 467 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 458 203
2019-2020 467 203
2018-2019 387 193
2017-2018 317 153
2016-2017 1,436 765

Learn more about online learning at Drury University.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

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