Avila University Overview

Avila University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Avila University Known For?

• Avila has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• Students at Avila have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Avila.
• For the <nil> academic year, 35% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Avila with a bachelor's degree make about $52,544 a year. That's 29% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Avila University?

Contact details for Avila are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	11901 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64145-1698
Phone:	816-942-8400
Website:	www.avila.edu

How Do I Get Into Avila?

You can apply to Avila online at: https://www.avila.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Avila

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Avila?

The acceptance rate at Avila is 68%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 54% of accepted students are men and 46% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to Avila submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 570. Math scores were between 453 and 590.

Avila received ACT scores from 72% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Avila University?

The overall average net price of Avila is $25,619. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Avila, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $8,114 a year. That adds up to $32,456 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Avila is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Avila University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,024 undergraduate students at Avila, with 916 being full-time and 108 being part-time.

There are also 352 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 916 full-time undergraduates at Avila, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Avila University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	188
Hispanic or Latino	182
White	464
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Avila University. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 33 countries are represented at Avila. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and China.

Online Learning at Avila University

In 2020-2021, 786 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Avila has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Avila

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Avila University was 46.9%. This is the #690 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Avila regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.