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Fontbonne University

MO · Private nonprofit · Large suburb · 1,067 applicants 2023

95% admit rate
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🎯 Parent/student verdict

Likely

Accessible for most applicants.

✅ Best for

  • Students drawn to Business, Management, & Marketing or Education (the two biggest majors)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
M2: Master's - Medium Programs
Total enrollment
207
Under 1,000
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
95.0%
Accepts the majority
Test policyApplicants choose whether to send SAT/ACT scores. At many such colleges, students who submit strong scores are still admitted at higher rates.
Test-optional
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$48,825
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$44,150
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$48,825
4-year completionThe share of students who finish a bachelor's in four years. Nationally barely half do — and a fifth year quietly adds a full extra year of cost to the real price.
40%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$25,000

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Fontbonne University

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Fontbonne University actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Business, Management, & Marketing
27 degrees · 28.4%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
2. Education
25 degrees · 26.3%
Teaching is the largest path. Salary depends heavily on district + state.
3. Health Professions
20 degrees · 21.1%
Highest-paying group on this list, but most careers require additional training beyond a 4-year degree.
4. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness
12 degrees · 12.6%
Coaching, athletic training, public-sector recreation, fitness industry.
5. Computer & Information Sciences
11 degrees · 11.6%
High-paying tech roles dominate. Median software roles cluster in the $90k-$130k range.

💼 What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Fontbonne University's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Business Administration, Management and Operations. Bachelor's Degree 16 — $60,878
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. Bachelor's Degree 9 — $55,181
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. Bachelor's Degree 8 — $54,827
Psychology, General. Bachelor's Degree 8 — $53,487
Social Work. Bachelor's Degree 10 — $43,805
Special Education and Teaching. Bachelor's Degree 10 $36,791 $43,770
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. Bachelor's Degree 5 $31,196 $41,675

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

📈 Student body & economic mobility

Who attends here — and what the campus adds.

Opportunity Insights data. Why it matters even if you're full-pay: a high mobility rate means the campus itself confers earnings power — the outcomes aren't just selection effects.

Top-1% access
3.3%
from top-1% households
Mobility rateThe share of ALL students who arrived from the bottom 20% of family incomes AND reached the top 20% themselves by their early 30s — access and lift in one number, and a sign the campus itself adds earnings power.
0.9%
bottom 20% → top 20% by age 32
Upward rate
17.2%
of lower-income students who reach the top 20%
Pell recipientsStudents receiving federal Pell grants, which go to lower- and middle-income families — the standard shorthand for a college's economic mix.
52%
on federal need grants — context for these numbers

Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →

🤖 AI program signal

AI + computing education at Fontbonne University

CS degrees (annual)
7
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

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🚀 Stronger campus value-add
Per Opportunity Insights, these campuses add more earnings power to the students they enroll than Fontbonne University does — a quality signal, not a cost play.
California State University-Los Angeles
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9.9% mobility rate (vs 0.9% here)
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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7.7% mobility rate (vs 0.9% here)
The University of Texas at El Paso
TX · Public
6.8% mobility rate (vs 0.9% here)

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