College profile
Minerva University
CA · Private nonprofit · Large city · 9,856 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Foxcroft School (0.2). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 1 high schools' lists name Minerva University; every one is ranked below.
- Almost everyone who starts here finishes. 89% graduate within six years — the standard federal measure. Nationally about a third of students who start a bachelor's never finish one, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision: the debt stays, the credential doesn't.
- Ask the submit question deliberately. This college is test-optional — but at many such colleges, applicants who submit strong scores are admitted at meaningfully higher rates. “Optional” is a strategy decision, not a pass.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to Minerva University?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to Minerva University, from each school's own published list: Foxcroft School (0.2). 1 high schools' lists name Minerva University.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 1 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
1 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name Minerva University on it. Between them they printed 1 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at Minerva University, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 3 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
3 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name Minerva University on it. Between them they printed 3 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to Minerva University, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 4 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
Highly selectiveHighly selective reach for nearly every applicant.
Best for
- Strong overall academic profile (3.9+ unweighted GPA in rigorous coursework + strong essays — school is test-optional, so the transcript carries the most weight)
- Students focused on Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (the school's signature program)
- Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience
The reality
- Test-optional — but selective. Transcript GPA, course rigor, and essays do the heavy lifting
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Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
What are your child's odds here?
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Sticker price isn't every family's price. Lower- and middle-income families often pay materially less after grants — and there's no income cutoff for need-based aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats., so at expensive schools even families earning $150–200K can qualify. Where need aid thins out, merit scholarships (where offered) bring the price down instead. Check the school's own net-price calculator for your number.
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).
The real cost
What Minerva University actually costs
The federal file doesn't carry net-price figures for Minerva University, so the published tuition above is the only price we can show you — and it's the price before any aid. That's a gap in the government's data, not a sign this college is expensive or stingy.
Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.
Source: federal IPEDS (published tuition) and College Scorecard, which reports net price only for colleges meeting its cohort-size and Title-IV reporting thresholds.
What students study here
Most popular majors at Minerva University
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Minerva 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 assistantMinerva University is a private nonprofit four-year college in CA. It admitted 4% of applicants (9,856 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Tuition: $23,630 in-state, $23,630 out-of-state (net price with aid not reported).
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name Minerva University: 1, 1 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Foxcroft School (0.2 per class year, 1 over 5 class years, CLASSES OF 2022-2026). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/minerva-university.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming Minerva University: 3, 3 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Lake Tahoe Preparatory School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, 2025, counted column "Students Accepted"); St Andrews School of Boca Raton Inc (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Sage Hill School (0.3 per class year, 1 over 3 class years, 2023-2025). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/minerva-university.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/minerva-university.json
Questions families ask
What is Minerva University's acceptance rate? Minerva University is a private nonprofit four-year college in CA. It admitted 4% of applicants (9,856 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Does Minerva University require the SAT or ACT? Minerva University is a private nonprofit four-year college in CA. It admitted 4% of applicants (9,856 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
How much does Minerva University cost? Tuition: $23,630 in-state, $23,630 out-of-state (net price with aid not reported).
Which high schools send the most graduates to Minerva University? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to Minerva University, from each school's own published list: Foxcroft School (0.2). 1 high schools' lists name Minerva University.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.