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McPherson College Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
85% Acceptance Rate
8% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is McPherson College Ranked?

#1,664 Best Colleges in Nation
#30 Best Colleges in KS
Accounting and Business/Management Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked McPherson College as #1,664 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when McPherson College held the #1,684 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 47 colleges in Kansas, McPherson College is ranked at #30.

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Is It Hard to Get Into McPherson College?

85% Acceptance Rate
30% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at McPherson College is 85%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that McPherson College is a good fit for you.

Learn more about McPherson College admissions.

McPherson College Faculty

14 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, McPherson College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

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 McPherson College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at McPherson College

66% Freshmen Retention
35% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at McPherson College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  66 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At McPherson College this rate is 35%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  35 out of 100
0
100

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McPherson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

790 Full-Time Undergraduates
42.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
30.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 838 undergraduates at McPherson College with 790 being full-time and 48 being part-time.

How Much Does McPherson College Cost?

$26,425 Net Price
81% Take Out Loans
$25,904 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of McPherson College is $26,425. 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 McPherson College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$20,415 $19,779 $22,075 $23,240 $39,585

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 McPherson College, 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 McPherson College, approximately 81% of students took out student loans averaging $6,476 a year. That adds up to $25,904 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at McPherson College is 8.0%. 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 McPherson College Graduates Make?

$42,168 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from McPherson College make about $42,168 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of McPherson College

Kansas State
790 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
McPherson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in McPherson, Kansas. McPherson is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for McPherson College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1600 E. Euclid, McPherson, KS 67460-1402
Phone: 620-242-0400
Website: www.mcpherson.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/McPhersonCollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mac_College

McPherson College Majors

37 Majors With Completions
161 Undergraduate Degrees
2 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 37 majors graduated from McPherson College. Of these students, 161 received undergraduate degrees and 2 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
Mechanical Engineering Technology 30 $44,087
Health & Physical Education 17 $23,145
Business Administration & Management 16 $38,202
Accounting 11 NA
Health Sciences & Services 11 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 9 NA
General Biology 8 NA
Finance & Financial Management 6 NA
Marketing 6 NA
Design & Applied Arts 6 NA

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

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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.

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