Private Nonprofit · Conception, Missouri

Conception Seminary College

Conception Seminary College is a private nonprofit institution in Conception, Missouri. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.

$50,430
10-yr median earnings
31.8%
Acceptance rate
$24,558
Avg net price / yr
40.4%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Conception Seminary College pairs above-median former-student earnings with a selective admit.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

Top 28%
former-student earnings, US
31.8%
acceptance rate
40.4%
150%-time completion
+50%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Remote Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Conception Seminary College profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

D
College Value Score
42/100
Conception Seminary College

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings B
$50,430
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$24,558
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
40.4%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention D
75.0%
First-year students returning for year two
Conception Seminary College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$50,430

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$24,558

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

40.4%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 40.4%

Four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Conception Seminary College vs peers

Conception Seminary College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 3 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Conception Seminary College positioned by ea… Carnegie Classification: Special Focus (4yr) Special Fo… COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $36K $53K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $11K $26K Avg Net Price ($) Conception Seminary College (you are here): $50K earn · $25K net · 40% grad You are here - Conception Seminar… Northwest Missouri State University: $48K earn · $16K net · 56% grad Northwest Missouri… Missouri Western State University: $43K earn · $13K net · 39% grad Missouri Western S… Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How Conception Seminary College ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

Conception Seminary College: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$50,430 Top 28% higher than 72% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric Conception Seminary College National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $50,430 #1442 of 5103 72nd
Average net price $24,558 #3869 of 5020 23rd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 40.4% #3635 of 4858 25th
Undergraduate enrollment 40 #5050 of 5462 8th

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

40
Undergraduate enrollment
31.8%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
40.4%
150%-time completion
$50,430
10-yr median earnings
75.0%
First-year retention

How Conception Seminary College ranks in Missouri

State rank among 120 reporting Missouri colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Conception Seminary College State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $50,430 #29 of 120 76th
Average net price $24,558 #101 of 119 15th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 40.4% #90 of 107 16th
Undergraduate enrollment 40 #108 of 125 14th

Highest former-student earnings in Missouri

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis$137,047$31,817
2Chamberlain University-Missouri$92,405$30,716
3Washington University in St Louis$86,182$21,786
4Research College of Nursing$85,910-
5Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing$84,393-
6Missouri University of Science and Technology$82,957$16,298
7Saint Louis University$70,783$24,398
8Rockhurst University$67,102$25,884
9University of Missouri-Columbia$63,403$20,268
10Maryville University of Saint Louis$62,105$22,066
11Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences$60,918$19,390
12University of Missouri-Kansas City$59,637$13,310
29Conception Seminary CollegeThis school$50,430$24,558

Admissions

Admission Rate 31.8%
ACT Average 21
ACT (25th-75th) 1 – 5
0%100%31.8%
Share of applicants admitted

Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $26,206
Out-of-State Tuition $26,206
Average Net Price $24,558

Net Price by Family Income

$0 – $30,000 $22,728
$30,001 – $48,000 $30,053
19.5%
Pell Grant Rate
2.4%
Federal Loan Rate

2013–2023: what Conception Seminary College costs has stayed close to flat

Average net price moved +20.6% over 10 years, from $27,549 to $33,216 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.

Average net price, 2013–2023

10 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $27,5492014: $28,9162015: $27,4222016: $28,1572017: $30,8892018: $27,2442019: $34,8012020: $34,4602021: $30,1072023: $33,216
2013 · $27,5492023 · $33,216

Over the same years, enrollment went -64.4% (90 → 32 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

Outcomes

75.0%
Retention Rate
$33,606
Median Earnings (6yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 40.4%
First-year retention First-time, full-time freshmen 75.0%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $33,606
Median earnings 10 years after entry $50,430

Programs & Earnings

No program-level earnings data available for this school.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the acceptance rate at Conception Seminary College?
Conception Seminary College is a private nonprofit institution in Conception, Missouri. The acceptance rate is 31.8%. Undergraduate enrollment is 40 students.
How much do Conception Seminary College former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Conception Seminary College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $50,430 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $33,606.
How much does Conception Seminary College cost?
The average net price at Conception Seminary College is $24,558. In-state tuition is $26,206 and out-of-state tuition is $26,206.
What is the graduation rate at Conception Seminary College?
Conception Seminary College has a 40.4% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 75.0%.

Sources & methodology

Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.

Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Conception Seminary College

Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.