Urshan College — admissions, outcomes, merit aid & scholarships

🎯 Parent/student verdict

Likely

Accessible for most applicants. Affordable on average — net price runs around $14,779/yr.

✅ Best for

Students drawn to Business, Management, & Marketing or Theology & Religious Vocations (the two biggest majors)
Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

🎯 The reality

Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 920, or ACT below 18 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

Total enrollment

472

Under 1,000

In-state tuition

$8,756

sticker, before aid

Tuition

$8,756

flat rate (no in/out-of-state split)

Admit rate

83.9%

Accepts the majority

SAT middle 50%

920–1110

EBRW + Math composite

ACT middle 50%

18–23

composite

Test policy

Required

2023

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

4-year completion

45%

Cost of attendance

$17,175

sticker price, not net

Pell-eligible students

35%

💰 What families actually pay

Net price by family income

Net price = sticker price minus grant aid. This is what families actually pay out-of-pocket after scholarships and need-based aid — the most honest affordability signal there is. At Urshan College, the average net price is $14,779/yr across all families.

Family income $0-30k

$13,314/yr

Family income $30-48k

$14,405/yr

Family income $48-75k

$14,946/yr

Family income $75-110k

$17,092/yr

Family income $110k+

$16,675/yr

🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.

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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41-NPT45). Net price = total cost of attendance minus federal, state, institutional, and other grants. Some brackets may be suppressed for student-privacy reasons (small cohorts). Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates only. The $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — Department of Education hasn't refreshed these brackets since the early 2010s.

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Urshan College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Urshan College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Business, Management, & Marketing

23 degrees · 34.8%

Typical career outcomes

Financial Analyst $100k Management Analyst (Consultant) $99k Marketing Manager $158k Accountant / Auditor $80k

Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.

2. Theology & Religious Vocations

20 degrees · 30.3%

3. Public Administration & Social Services

19 degrees · 28.8%

Typical career outcomes

Social Worker $58k Social / Community Service Mgr $77k Urban / Regional Planner $82k

Government, nonprofit, social work. Mission-driven; lower wages than private sector but stable.

4. Communication, Journalism, & Related

3 degrees · 4.5%

Typical career outcomes

Public Relations Specialist $67k Marketing Manager $158k Writer / Editor $75k Reporter / Journalist $58k

Media, PR, marketing communications. Salary spread is wide.

5. Visual & Performing Arts

1 degrees · 1.5%

Typical career outcomes

Graphic Designer $59k Art Director $106k Multimedia Artist / Animator $99k Musician / Singer $39k

Highly variable. Steady-pay roles cluster in design, illustration, production. Performance careers have very wide income distributions.

Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.

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