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Stephens College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama & theater arts.
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Stephens was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
If you're applying to Stephens College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 64%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 11% of students accepted to Stephens submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 600.
The student to faculty ratio at Stephens is an impressive 8 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Stephens College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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 Stephens College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Stephens is 15%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Stephens College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 443 undergraduates at Stephens with 373 being full-time and 70 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,715 | $22,311 | $21,946 | $26,096 | $21,797 |
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 Stephens, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Stephens, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $8,371 a year. That adds up to $33,484 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Stephens are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1200 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65215 |
| Phone: | 573-442-2211 |
| Website: | https://www.stephens.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Drama & Theater Arts | 38 | $16,476 |
| Allied Health Professions | 29 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 19 | $48,584 |
| General Biology | 10 | NA |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 7 | NA |
| Student Counseling | 6 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 6 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 6 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 4 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 4 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 251 students took at least one online class at Stephens College. This is an increase from the 129 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 251 | 24 |
| 2021-2022 | 129 | 73 |
| 2020-2021 | 132 | 107 |
| 2018-2019 | 168 | 132 |
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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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