10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Louisville, Kentucky
Simmons College of Kentucky
Simmons College of Kentucky is a private nonprofit institution in Louisville, Kentucky. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- 100.0%
- Acceptance rate
- $18,434
- Avg net price / yr
- 23.8%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Simmons College of Kentucky is open admission.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 100.0%
- acceptance rate
- 23.8%
- 150%-time completion
City: Large
Carnegie: Bacc: A&S
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Simmons College of Kentucky 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 ("Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus"), 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
F
College Value Score
26/100
Simmons College of Kentucky
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 N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$18,434
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
23.8%
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 F
63.9%
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$18,434
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
23.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 23.8%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Simmons College of Kentucky vs peers
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.
Quick Facts
481
Undergraduate enrollment
100.0%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
23.8%
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
63.9%
First-year retention
How Simmons College of Kentucky ranks in Kentucky
State rank among 70 reporting Kentucky colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Simmons College of Kentucky | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $18,434 | #46 of 79 | 42nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 23.8% | #74 of 75 | 1st |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 481 | #47 of 81 | 42nd |
Highest former-student earnings in Kentucky
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre College | $66,240 | $20,781 |
| 2 | Bellarmine University | $62,069 | $21,499 |
| 3 | Galen College of Nursing-Louisville | $61,480 | $18,540 |
| 4 | Galen College of Nursing-ARH | $61,480 | $21,164 |
| 5 | Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville | $61,480 | $28,475 |
| 6 | Thomas More University | $59,384 | $21,835 |
| 7 | University of Kentucky | $59,025 | $18,851 |
| 8 | Transylvania University | $54,705 | $21,913 |
| 9 | University of Louisville | $53,899 | $17,988 |
| 10 | Georgetown College | $52,074 | $14,095 |
| 11 | Northern Kentucky University | $50,220 | $8,191 |
| 12 | Spalding University | $49,438 | $25,491 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 100.0% |
| ACT Average | 14 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $16,398 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $16,398 |
| Average Net Price | $18,434 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $18,434 |
41.4%
Pell Grant Rate
15.9%
Federal Loan Rate
What students pay at Simmons College of Kentucky rose +453.7% since 2014
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $3,605 in 2014 to $19,960 in 2023, a rise of $16,355 in nominal dollars. Across the 109 colleges measured over the same 2014–2023 span, the median change was +28.9%.
10 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2014 · $3,6052023 · $19,960
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2014–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
White 25.2%
African American 46.8%
Hispanic or Latino 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.2%
Student body at a glance
48.5%
Female
46.9%
First Generation
Outcomes
63.9%
Retention Rate
$22,732
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 23.8% |
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 63.9% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $22,732 |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Simmons College of Kentucky? ▼
Simmons College of Kentucky is a private nonprofit institution in Louisville, Kentucky. The acceptance rate is 100.0%. Undergraduate enrollment is 481 students.
How much does Simmons College of Kentucky cost? ▼
The average net price at Simmons College of Kentucky is $18,434. In-state tuition is $16,398 and out-of-state tuition is $16,398.
What is the graduation rate at Simmons College of Kentucky? ▼
Simmons College of Kentucky has a 23.8% 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 63.9%.
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.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Simmons College of Kentucky
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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.