Minerva University

Overview

At a Glance

School type

Private, not-for-profit, 4-year or above

Faculty

68 Faculty Members | 9:1 student faculty ratio

Religious affliation

Not applicable

Mission Statement

Minerva University delivers an exceptional liberal arts education for future leaders and innovators across disciplines offering bachelors and masters degrees. To deliver a reinvented experience Minerva combines a pathbreaking interdisciplinary curriculum the highest academic standards accomplished faculty using the science of learning a leading digital learning environment that enables deep long-lasting learning and for bachelors an urban residential experience that traverses seven countries. Minerva University is the most academically selective yet financially accessible education for high-achieving students from around the world. Admission is solely merit-based and designed to reduce systemic biases in selectivity. While its admission rate hovers around 1% its tuition is 1/3 that of other elite American universities. 78% of its undergraduate students receive financial support making Minerva the most socio-economically diverse highly selective university in the United States.

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cost & financial aid

Annual tuition & fees

Undergraduate

In state

$16,450

Out of state

$16,450
Graduate

In state

No information

Out of state

No information

Financial Aid: Undergraduates

Received financial aid
75%
Did not receive aid
25%
Type of aid % of students recieving aid Average amount
Federal grants 0.0% $0
State/local grants 0.0% $0
Institutional grants 67.0% $14,518
Loans 56.0% $5,434

Financial aid resources

Paying for college

Learn about different ways to cover costs, incluing financial aid, GI Bills, grants and scholarships

Applying for financial Aid

Review this step-by-step guide on everything you need to do to complete your application.

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Academics

Most Popular Undergraduate majors

  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Natural Sciences
Full List of Majors

Undergraduate Majors X

  • BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES
    • Business Administration and Management, General
      • A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making. See other colleges that offer this major
  • LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES
    • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
      • A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion. See other colleges that offer this major
  • MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES
    • Social Sciences, General
      • A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences. See other colleges that offer this major

Most Popular Graduate programs

  • Data Analytics, General
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Graduate ProgramsX

  • MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
    • Data Analytics, General
      • A program that prepares individuals to apply data science to generate insights from data and identify and predict trends. Includes instruction in computer databases, computer programming, inference, machine learning, optimization, probability and stochastic models, statistics, strategy, uncertainty quantification, and visual analytics. See other colleges that offer this major

Types of Degrees Offered

  • Certificate
  • Associate's degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctoral degree
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Admissions

Undergraduate acceptance rate

Acceptance rate
1.02%
  • Apply 25,026
  • Accepted 256
  • Attend 186

Application Fee

Undergraduate
$0
Graduate
$0

Undergraduate application requirements

  • High school transcript

    Required
  • High school GPA

    Required
  • Recommendation letter

    Not applicable
  • Admissions test
    (SAT or ACT)

    Not applicable
  • TOEFL
    (international students)

    Not applicable
  • Completion of college
    prep program

    Not applicable
  • Demonstration of
    competencies

    Not applicable
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Student Life

Student Demographics

Female Students
56%
Male Students
44%

Student Ethnicities
  1. Two Or More Ethnicities88.53%
  2. Caucasian7.86%
  3. Asian3.3%
  4. Hispanic/Latino0.31%

Student body breakdown

Total students enrolled

642

Undergraduate students

617

Graduate students

25

Attendance breakdown

Full time
95%
Part time
5%

Student services

  • Meal plan
  • Counseling services
  • Remedial services
  • Work-study
  • Placement services
  • Study abroad
  • Weekend/evening classes
  • On-campus day care for student's children
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