Private nonprofit · University

Cleveland University-Kansas City

Overland Park, Kansas · Midsize city

#1 graduation rate in Kansas
69.2%
Admit rate
$35,764
Avg net price
100%
Graduation rate
$52,304
Median earnings

Cleveland University-Kansas City is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Overland Park, Kansas (midsize city setting), enrolling 95 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 95 undergradsMidsize cityAccessible · 69% admitCold winters

About Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. In 1905, William B. Strang Jr. arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city's principal thoroughfare. He developed large portions of what would later become downtown Overland Park. The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is 300 acres (120 ha). The Oak Park Mall is one of the area's top shopping locations with nearly 200 stores. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To Great Lakes shore
423 miles
Nearest airport
26 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub

How Cleveland University-Kansas City compares

Selectivity69.2%

More selective than 65% · #7 most selective of 24 in Kansas

Graduation rate100%

Higher than 99% · #1 of 27 in Kansas

First-year retention50%

Higher than 6%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$52,304

Higher than 45% · #13 of 27 in Kansas

Average net price$35,764

Cheaper than 8% · #26 cheapest of 26 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$12,500

Lower than 95%

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 94%

Undergraduate enrollment95

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare Cleveland University-Kansas City with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Kansas.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

586students
  • Undergraduate9516%
  • Graduate49184%

Undergraduates by gender

95undergrads
  • Women5356%
  • Men4244%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White51%
  • Black6.3%
  • Hispanic16%
  • Asian3.2%
  • Other or multiracial24%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
95
Graduate enrollment
491
Student–faculty ratio
6 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
53%
First-generation students
Students over 25
41%
Median family income
$18,219
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$53,262
Endowment
$22,820,406

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate
69.2%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$14,400
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,575
Total cost of attendance
$40,764
Average net price
$35,764

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
100%
Graduated on time (4 years)
100%
First-year retention
50%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$52,304
Median debt at graduation
$12,500
Students with federal loans
93%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
43%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
2.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
4

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (588 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year1.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
1.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$35,764
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$143,056

$35,764/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$52,304
Typical debt at graduation
$12,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
24%
Out-earn a HS grad
64%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$42,900
Men
$55,055

Men out-earn women by $12,155 (28%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
88°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
40.7″
Annual snow
13.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Olathe 3E, KS US station (5.3 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.