Spalding University Business Programs

Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Spalding University is a private not-for-profit institution. Louisville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Spalding University?

Contact details for Spalding are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	901 S Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40203-2188
Phone:	502-585-9911
Website:	https://www.spalding.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SpaldingUniversity?ref=ts
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/SpaldingU

How Do I Get Into Spalding?

You can apply to Spalding online at: https://spalding.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Spalding

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor 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 Spalding?

Spalding has the high acceptance rate of 93%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Spalding submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 438 and 560. Math scores were between 458 and 543.

Spalding received ACT scores from 88% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 16 and 23.

Can I Afford Spalding University?

The overall average net price of Spalding is $31,011. 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 Spalding, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $5,591 a year. That adds up to $22,364 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Spalding is 4.0%. 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.

Spalding University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 855 undergraduate students at Spalding, with 707 being full-time and 148 being part-time.

There are also 741 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 707 full-time undergraduates at Spalding, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	142
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	456
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	55

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Spalding University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 11 countries are represented at Spalding. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Spalding University

In 2019-2020, 1,247 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of Spalding

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Spalding University was $25,975 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Spalding 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
Accounting and Business/Management	#10	#10
General Business/Commerce	#43	#31
General Business/Commerce	#43	#31

Online Growth Rankings of Spalding

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Spalding University was 88.0%. This is the #384 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Spalding regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Spalding 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 Spalding.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting and Business/Management	#7
General Business/Commerce	#36
General Business/Commerce	#36
Accounting	#46
Accounting	#74

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%.

Spalding University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	1	23	33	57
Accounting and Business/Management	0	14	0	14
Accounting	0	4	0	4
TOTAL	1	41	33	75

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
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