Capella University Overview

Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Capella University is a private for-profit institution. The location of Capella University is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Capella University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Capella University.
• During a recent academic cycle, 14% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Capella University bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $42,189 a year. That's about 3% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Capella University?

Contact details for Capella University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	225 South 6Th Street, 9Th Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402-3389
Phone:	866-808-4080
Website:	www.capella.edu

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How Do I Get Into Capella University?

You can apply to Capella University online at: www.capella.edu/admissions-requirements/

Capella University has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Capella University?

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 Capella University, approximately 86% of students took out student loans averaging $5,934 a year. That adds up to $23,736 over four years for those students.

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Capella University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,781 undergraduate students at Capella University, with 2,159 being full-time and 9,622 being part-time.

There are also 27,149 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,159 full-time undergraduates at Capella University, 19% are male and 81% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	81
Black or African American	447
Hispanic or Latino	237
White	1,062
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	322

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Capella University. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Capella University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	5,561	5	849	175	6,590
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	37	163	1,529	72	1,801
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	312	1,181	4	1,497
Business Administration & Management	0	597	0	604	116	1,317
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	293	0	573	16	882
General Psychology	0	556	0	148	53	757
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	574	32	606
Human Resource Management	0	166	34	303	18	521
Student Counseling	0	0	84	178	30	292
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	13	202	0	215
Educational Administration	0	0	4	67	108	179
Public Health	0	37	9	60	51	157
Information Technology	0	57	2	60	33	152
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	144	7	151
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	72	40	112
Accounting	3	101	0	0	5	109
Computer Information Systems	0	82	0	6	9	97
General Education	0	0	0	83	1	84
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	2	28	42	72
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0	70	0	70
Social Work	0	0	0	0	70	70
Human Services	0	0	0	24	43	67
Public Administration	0	0	0	39	16	55
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	26	23	49
Instructional Media Design	0	0	1	29	12	42
Other Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	42	42
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	3	0	28	2	33
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	31	0	0	31
Homeland Security	0	0	0	6	24	30
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	11	0	9	9	29
Special Education	0	0	0	21	0	21
Computer Systems Networking	0	3	0	13	0	16
Finance & Financial Management	0	8	0	0	4	12
Security Science and Technology	0	0	0	11	0	11
Marketing	0	10	0	0	0	10
Computer Programming	0	10	0	0	0	10
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	10	0	10
Data Processing	0	9	0	0	0	9
Other Education	0	0	0	8	0	8
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0	8	8
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	3	3
Computer Software & Applications	0	2	0	0	0	2
Public Policy	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Systems Analysis	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Homeland Security	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	7,543	660	6,955	1,070	16,231

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.