Private nonprofit · Seminary
Conception Seminary College
Conception, Missouri · Remote rural
- 31.8%
- Admit rate
- $24,558
- Avg net price
- 50%
- Graduation rate
- $50,430
- Median earnings
Conception Seminary College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Conception, Missouri (remote rural setting), enrolling 40 undergraduates. It is a men's college. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
Will you get in?
See where your numbers land against Conception Seminary College's admitted students.
- Admit rate
- 31.8%
- ACT (mid 50%)
- 1–5
- Avg GPA (est.)
- —
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About Conception, Missouri
Conception is a census-designated place in southeastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. Conception was built up chiefly by Irish Catholics. The community was named for the Catholic dogma of Immaculate Conception. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 79 miles to Kansas City, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 383 miles
- Nearest airport
- 65 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub
How Conception Seminary College compares
More selective than 93% · #3 most selective of 44 in Missouri
Higher than 40% · #30 of 51 in Missouri
Higher than 45%
Higher than 40% · #22 of 53 in Missouri
Cheaper than 30% · #44 cheapest of 51 in Missouri
Lower than 97%
Larger than 3%
Percentiles compare Conception Seminary College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Missouri.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White65%
- Black5.0%
- Hispanic28%
- Other or multiracial2.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 40
- Student–faculty ratio
- 4 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 37%
- Median family income
- $46,370
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $46,683
- Endowment
- $9,377,828
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 31.8%
- Test scores
- Required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- 1–5
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $26,206
- Room & board
- $15,590
- Books & supplies
- $650
- Total cost of attendance
- $42,698
- Average net price
- $24,558
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)
- 50%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,606
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $50,430
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 2%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 130
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 100%+
- Housing charge (year)
- $6,270
- Meal plan (year)
- $8,720
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
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.
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.
$22,728/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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 15°F
- Annual rain
- 38.5″
- Annual snow
- 19.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Conception, MO US station (0.1 mi from campus).
What Conception Seminary College graduates study — and earn
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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- Admission
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- Net price
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- SAT
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- GPA
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- Earnings
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The Chicago School at Chicago
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- Admission
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- Net price
- —
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- —
- GPA
- —
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- Net price
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- Admission
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- Net price
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- SAT
- —
- GPA
- —
- Earnings
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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.













