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Spalding University Overview

Spalding University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Spalding University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$31,011 Avg Cost After Aid
90% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Spalding since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
  • The student loan default rate at Spalding is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Spalding.
  • In <nil>, 61% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Spalding bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,144 a year. That's about 18% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Spalding University?

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Contact details for Spalding are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 901 S Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40203-2188
Phone: 502-585-9911
Website: www.spalding.edu

How Do I Get Into Spalding?

You can apply to Spalding online at: https://spalding.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Spalding

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Neither required nor recommended
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 Spalding?

90% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
13% Submit SAT Scores
Since Spalding has an acceptance rate of 90%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to Spalding submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 560. Math scores were between 460 and 540.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Spalding University  ( 470 to 560 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Spalding University  ( 460 to 540 )
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800
Spalding received ACT scores from 75% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

ACT English Scores for Spalding University  ( 15 to 21 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Spalding University  ( 16 to 23 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Spalding University  ( 17 to 23 )
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36

Can I Afford Spalding University?

$31,011 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
1.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Spalding is $31,011. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Spalding, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $6,386 a year. That adds up to $25,544 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Spalding is 1.5%. 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.

Spalding University Undergraduate Student Diversity

578 Full-Time Undergraduates
68% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 765 undergraduate students at Spalding, with 578 being full-time and 187 being part-time.

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There are also 797 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 578 full-time undergraduates at Spalding, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 11
Black or African American 112
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 378
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 36

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Spalding University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 11 countries are represented at Spalding. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Spalding University

294 Took All Classes Online
883 Took At Least One Class Online
88.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 883 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 44th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Spalding

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Spalding University was 88.0%. This is the #458 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Spalding 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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