Private for-profit · Institute

Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts

Saint Louis, Missouri · Large city

100.0%
Admit rate
$19,137
Avg net price
14%
Graduation rate
$29,058
Median earnings

Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Saint Louis, Missouri (large city setting), enrolling 89 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 89 undergradsLarge cityOpen admissionCold winters

About Saint Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Due to numerous major earthworks within St. Louis boundaries, the city was nicknamed "Mound City". These mounds were mostly demolished during the city's development. Sugarloaf Mound in South St. Louis was repatriated to the Osage Nation in 2025. The same year as the 1904 World's Fair, the Strassberger Music Conservatory Building was constructed at 2300 Grand. Otto Wilhelmi was the architect. In 1911, the conservatory had over 1,100 students. The building is presently in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
St. Louis, MO
To Great Lakes shore
255 miles
Nearest airport
12 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub

How Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts compares

Selectivity100.0%

More selective than 2% · #42 most selective of 44 in Missouri

Graduation rate14%

Higher than 4% · #50 of 51 in Missouri

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,058

Higher than 2% · #53 of 53 in Missouri

Average net price$19,137

Cheaper than 54% · #24 cheapest of 51 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$27,000

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 94%

Undergraduate enrollment89

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts 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 gender

89undergrads
  • Women7787%
  • Men1213%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White33%
  • Black62%
  • Hispanic3.4%
  • Other or multiracial2.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
89
Student–faculty ratio
6 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
67%
First-generation students
29%
Students over 25
63%
Median family income
$17,458
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$51,534

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

Admissions

Admission rate
100.0%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$14,332
Room & board
Books & supplies
$750
Total cost of attendance
$24,808
Average net price
$19,137

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)
14%
Graduated on time (4 years)
50%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$25,898
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$29,058
Median debt at graduation
$27,000
Students with federal loans
80%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
14%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$25

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.

< $30k
$19,137
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$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
$76,548

$19,137/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)
$29,058
Typical debt at graduation
$27,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
93%
Out-earn a HS grad
44%

Typical debt would take roughly 9.3 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.

Campus climate

Summer high
90°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
43.9″
Annual snow
13.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.54.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Louis Sci Ctr, MO US station (3.8 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.