College profile
Capella University
MN · Private for-profit · Large city
ℹ️ A note about this profile
Capella University doesn't publish standardized-test bands or admit-rate data to IPEDS. That usually means the institution is open-admission (no selectivity gate), graduate-focused, or small enough that the federal survey suppresses the numbers. What we do have below: published tuition, average net price, enrollment, degrees awarded by major. If you had a different, more selective institution in mind, the search at the top of the page will find it.
Parent/student verdict
Selectivity unknownHeavy discounting — among aid recipients average ~$17,956/yr net; strong students should also check the merit grid.
Best for
- Students focused on Health Professions (the school's signature program)
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
The real cost
What Capella University actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Capella University's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
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Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at Capella University
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Capella University actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantCapella University is a private for-profit four-year college in MN.
Cost: about $17,956 a year on average with aid.
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