Cornerstone University Business Programs

Cornerstone University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Cornerstone University?

Contact details for Cornerstone are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1001 E Beltline Ave Ne, Grand Rapids, MI 49525-5897
Phone:	616-949-5300
Website:	www.cornerstone.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/cornerstoneuniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/CornerstoneU

How Do I Get Into Cornerstone?

You can apply to Cornerstone online at: www.cornerstone.edu/undergraduate/apply/

Admission Requirements for Cornerstone

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cornerstone?

Cornerstone has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 85% of students accepted to Cornerstone submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 590. Math scores were between 460 and 470.

Cornerstone received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford Cornerstone University?

The overall average net price of Cornerstone is $29,408. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Cornerstone, approximately 89% of students took out student loans averaging $10,119 a year. That adds up to $40,476 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cornerstone is 4.3%. 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.

Cornerstone University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,461 undergraduate students at Cornerstone, with 1,024 being full-time and 437 being part-time.

There are also 456 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,024 full-time undergraduates at Cornerstone, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	816
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Cornerstone University. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 38 countries are represented at Cornerstone. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and South Africa.

Online Learning at Cornerstone University

In 2019-2020, 597 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of Cornerstone

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Cornerstone University was $26,250 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cornerstone 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
Project Management	#25	#25
International Business	#31	#28
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#31	#28
Finance	#43	#34

Online Growth Rankings of Cornerstone

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cornerstone University was -1.0%. This is the #1,607 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cornerstone regardless of major.

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%.

Cornerstone 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	8	71	2	81
Interior Design Management	0	22	7	29
Project Management	0	0	23	23
Finance	0	4	14	18
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	13	0	13
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	4	7	11
Accounting	0	5	0	5
General Management Information Systems	0	2	0	2
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	1	0	1
General Economics	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	8	123	53	184

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Wcbpolish under License

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