Simpson College
Simpson College admitted 86% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 31–33 on the ACT. Its average net price after aid was $20,460 a year. Within six years, 63% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 86%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–33
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $63,127 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $20,460 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $16,952 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $48,988 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 63%
- Students who return for a second year
- 81%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $57,816 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,227
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 40%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 13%
- Health professions
- 11%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 10%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 9%
- Education
- 8%
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Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
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- Millersville University of Pennsylvania PA · 86% admitted
- Webster University MO · 86% admitted
- Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok NJ · 86% admitted
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- Grinnell College IA · 14% admitted
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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.