Cornerstone University Overview

Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Cornerstone University is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Grand Rapids makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Cornerstone University Known For?

• Students at Cornerstone 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%.
• The highest award offered at Cornerstone is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Cornerstone with a bachelor's degree make about $45,033 a year. That's 10% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Cornerstone student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Cornerstone University?

Contact details for Cornerstone are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1001 E Beltline Ave Ne, Grand Rapids, MI 49525-5897
Phone:	616-949-5300
Website:	www.cornerstone.edu

How Do I Get Into Cornerstone?

You can apply to Cornerstone online at: www.cornerstone.edu/undergraduate/apply/

Admission Requirements for Cornerstone

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cornerstone?

With an acceptance rate of 91%, Cornerstone is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 69% of students accepted to Cornerstone submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 620. Math scores were between 480 and 600.

Cornerstone received ACT scores from 36% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 17 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 25.

Can I Afford Cornerstone University?

The overall average net price of Cornerstone is $29,408. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cornerstone, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $9,121 a year. That adds up to $36,484 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cornerstone is 1.2%. 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.

Cornerstone University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,507 undergraduate students at Cornerstone, with 1,132 being full-time and 375 being part-time.

There are also 423 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,132 full-time undergraduates at Cornerstone, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	890
International Students	94
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 38 countries are represented at Cornerstone. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and South Africa.

Online Learning at Cornerstone University

In 2020-2021, 510 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 40th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Cornerstone

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cornerstone University was -1.0%. This is the #1,865 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cornerstone 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
• Image Credit: By Wcbpolish under License

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