Spring Arbor University
Spring Arbor, MI
Spring Arbor University is a private, Free Methodist university in Spring Arbor, Michigan, a rural area on the edge of a city or town, with 1,010 undergraduates. Its signature fields are public administration and social services, followed by liberal arts: together they make up 30% of its bachelor's degrees, about ten times their share across the colleges we cover. 64% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $51,732 ten years after starting.
Spring Arbor University admitted 1,174 of 3,145 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (37.3%).
- Acceptance rate
- 37.3%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $34,014
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $19,353
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 17–25
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Spring Arbor University is known for
Measured by the 352 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Public administration and social services
22.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: about 16 times the 1.4% share across the colleges we cover.
Liberal arts
7.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Social Work7822.2% of degrees$49,642About the $51,790 national median
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing5415.3% of degrees$91,869About the $88,910 national median
- Business Administration, Management and Operations349.7% of degrees$62,928−8% vs $68,257 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities277.7% of degrees$50,735About the $53,072 national median
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness164.5% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Finance and Financial Management Services164.5% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Rural, near a city or town
Spring Arbor, MI
Undergraduates
1,010
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
12 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
4%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Spring Arbor University
Three things Spring Arbor University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The admit rate fell from 71% to 37% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
29% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 4% sent an ACT. Spring Arbor University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $19,353 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
37.3%
1,174 admitted of 3,145 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 470–595Math 465–570
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
17–25
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
29%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Spring Arbor University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Spring Arbor University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $34,014, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $44,703. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $19,353 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$34,014
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$44,703
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$19,353
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $44,703 full cost.
- Under $30k$14,530Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$15,697Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$16,197Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$19,358Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$21,370Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
64%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
77%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$51,732
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$26,375
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate fell from 71% to 37%.
What Spring Arbor University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Michigan
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Hillsdale College20.6%
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor16.4%
- University of Michigan-Dearborn58.6%
- Alma College65.7%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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