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Provo College

Provo, Utah · Midsize city

Admit rate
$27,053
Avg net price
51%
Graduation rate
$39,645
Median earnings

Provo College is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Provo, Utah (midsize city setting), enrolling 669 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 669 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Provo, Utah

Provo is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. The Provo area was originally called Timpanogas, a Numic (Ute people) word perhaps meaning "rock river". The area was inhabited by the Timpanogos. It was the largest and most settled area in modern-day Utah. Every July, Provo hosts America's Freedom Festival at Provo which includes the Stadium of Fire at BYU. It is held in LaVell Edwards Stadium, home to BYU's NCAA football team. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To the ocean
545 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Provo (PVU)

How Provo College compares

Graduation rate51%

Higher than 43% · #7 of 11 in Utah

First-year retention67%

Higher than 23%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,645

Higher than 13% · #8 of 12 in Utah

Average net price$27,053

Cheaper than 23% · #7 cheapest of 12 in Utah

Median debt at graduation$41,733

Lower than 1%

Student–faculty ratio37 : 1

Lower than 1%

Undergraduate enrollment669

Larger than 27%

Percentiles compare Provo College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Utah.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

669undergrads
  • Women50876%
  • Men16124%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White64%
  • Black0.9%
  • Hispanic16%
  • Asian1.8%
  • Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
669
Student–faculty ratio
37 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
31%
First-generation students
38%
Students over 25
47%
Median family income
$24,784
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$65,700

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$16,548
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
$30,099
Average net price
$27,053

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)
51%
Graduated on time (4 years)
47%
First-year retention
67%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$32,673
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,645
Median debt at graduation
$41,733
Students with federal loans
43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
42%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
47%
Low-income (Pell)
61%
First-generation
65%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (669 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.

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
$30,099
$48–75k
$24,784
$75–110k
$29,053
$110k+
$28,227

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
$102,372

$24,784/year × about 4.1 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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Provo College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$39,645
Typical debt at graduation
$41,733
Debt vs. one year's pay
105%
Out-earn a HS grad
44%

Typical debt would take roughly 10.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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
$35,441
Men
$47,516

Men out-earn women by $12,075 (34%) 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
95°F
Winter low
24°F
Annual rain
17.2″
Annual snow
44.9″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

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NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Provo Byu, UT US station (1.8 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.