Minerva University

San Francisco, CA · Private nonprofit · 637 undergraduates

Minerva University admitted 3% of applicants. Within six years, 93% of first-time, full-time students graduated.

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Admissions

Admission rate: 3%
SAT/ACT scores: Not required

Cost

Tuition and fees: $26,800 a year

Outcomes

Graduation rate (within 6 years): 93%
Students who return for a second year: 98%

Students

Undergraduates: 637
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant: 0%
Student-faculty ratio: 14 to 1
Campus setting: City

Most common fields of study

Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.

Computer and information sciences: 47%
Business, management and marketing: 17%
Social sciences: 15%
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities: 12%
Biological and biomedical sciences: 8%

Colleges with similar selectivity

Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.

California Institute of Technology CA · 2.6% admitted
Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
Stanford University CA · 3.6% admitted
Yale University CT · 3.9% admitted
Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · 4.5% admitted

More colleges in California

California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted

All 106 colleges in California

Official sources

Official website: minerva.edu (opens in a new tab)
This college on College Scorecard (opens in a new tab)

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.