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Cleary University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Howell, Michigan. Howell is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

118 Undergraduate Degrees
83 Graduate Degrees
$28,957 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
65% Acceptance Rate

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Cleary University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cleary College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#81 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#170 Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cleary College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#2 Highest Paid Master’s Degree Financial Planning & Services Graduates College Factual
#12 Highest Paid Master’s Degree Organizational Leadership Graduates College Factual
#37 Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#39 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#67 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#148 Highest Paid Master’s Degree Business, Management & Marketing Graduates College Factual

Where Is Cleary University?

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Contact details for Cleary College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3750 Cleary Drive, Howell, MI 48843
Phone: 800-686-1883
Website: www.cleary.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClearyU
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cleary1883

How Do I Get Into Cleary College?

You can apply to Cleary College online at: https://cleary.edu/admissions/#apply-now

Admission Requirements for Cleary College

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript recommended
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cleary College?

65% Acceptance Rate
40% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 65%, Cleary College does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 60% of accepted students are men and 40% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Can I Afford Cleary University?

$28,957 Net Price
86% Take Out Loans
1.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Cleary College is $28,957. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cleary College, approximately 86% of students took out student loans averaging $9,989 a year. That adds up to $39,956 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cleary College is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Cleary University Undergraduate Student Diversity

392 Full-Time Undergraduates
42% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 509 undergraduate students at Cleary College, with 392 being full-time and 117 being part-time.

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There are also 149 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 392 full-time undergraduates at Cleary College, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cleary University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 273
International Students 30
Other Races/Ethnicities 60

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Cleary University. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 27 countries are represented at Cleary College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at Cleary University

282 Took All Classes Online
658 Took At Least One Class Online
2.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 658 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cleary College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 7th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cleary College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Cleary University was $22,230 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cleary College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business/Corporate Communications #1 #1
Meeting and Event Planning #1 #1
Accounting and Finance #1 #1
Business/Corporate Communications #1 #1
Financial Planning & Services #4 #1
Business Statistics #9 #3
Project Management #10 #10
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #13 #13
Entrepreneurial Studies #15 #15
Entrepreneurship #15 #15
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management #22 #16
International Business #22 #19
International Business/Trade/Commerce #22 #19
Organizational Leadership #39 #33
Finance & Financial Management #39 #36
General Hospitality Administration/Management #58 #37
Finance #64 #55

Online Affordability Rankings of Cleary College Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Cleary University was $22,230 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cleary College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Meeting and Event Planning #1 #1
Financial Planning & Services #6 #6
Accounting and Finance #7 #7
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management #10 #10
Business/Corporate Communications #10 #10
Business/Corporate Communications #10 #10
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #18 #18
International Business #19 #19
International Business/Trade/Commerce #19 #19
General Hospitality Administration/Management #27 #27
Finance & Financial Management #30 #30
Entrepreneurship #34 #34
Entrepreneurial Studies #34 #34

Online Growth Rankings of Cleary College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cleary University was 2.9%. This is the #1,431 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cleary College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cleary College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Cleary College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Meeting and Event Planning #6
Business/Corporate Communications #8
Business/Corporate Communications #8
Financial Planning & Services #17
Accounting and Finance #18
Business Statistics #20
General Hospitality Administration/Management #61
International Business/Trade/Commerce #62
International Business #62
Project Management #63
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management #69
Finance #91
Entrepreneurship #109
Hospitality Management #113
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #121
Finance & Financial Management #139
Entrepreneurial Studies #147
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration #166
Marketing/Marketing Management, General #200
Marketing #237
Human Resource Management #280
Organizational Leadership #283
Accounting #394

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Cleary University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 18 100 66 184
Organizational Leadership 0 0 16 16
Financial Planning & Services 0 0 1 1
Accounting 0 0 0 0
Accounting and Finance 0 0 0 0
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 0 0 0 0
Project Management 0 0 0 0
Business/Corporate Communications 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurship 0 0 0 0
Finance 0 0 0 0
General Hospitality Administration/Management 0 0 0 0
Meeting and Event Planning 0 0 0 0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 0 0 0 0
International Business/Trade/Commerce 0 0 0 0
Business Statistics 0 0 0 0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 18 100 83 201

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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