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Davenport University
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Information Summary
Ranks 1995th overall and 44th in Michigan
| Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) |
52.6 |
|---|---|
| Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance |
$19,295 |
| Admission
Success rate |
91% |
| Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty |
35 : 1 |
| Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) |
57% / 45% |
| Enrollment
Total (all students) |
12,617 |
Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas
Reported area around or near Grand Rapids, MI 49512-9396
| Surrounding community | Fringe rural area (less than 5 mi. from an urban area) |
|---|---|
| Total Population | 11,195 (10,756 urban / 439 rural) |
| Households | 5,397 (2.05 people per house) |
| Families | 2,637 (2.82 people per family) |
| Pop. — African American | 1,466 |
| Pop. — Asian | 920 |
| Pop. — Pacific Islander | 9 |
| Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native | 107 |
| Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic) | 8,711 |
| Pop. — Other | 302 |
Carnegie Foundation Classification
Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
| Undergraduate | Professions focus, some graduate coexistence |
|---|---|
| Graduate | Postbaccalaureate professional (business dominant) |
| Undergraduate Population | Higher part-time four-year |
| Enrollment | Very high undergraduate |
| Size & Setting | Medium four-year, primarily nonresidential |
General Characteristics
| Highest offering | Post-master's certificate |
|---|---|
| Calendar System | Semester |
| Years of college work required | N/A |
| Variable Tuition |  |
Special Learning Opportunities
| Distance Learning |  |
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| ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force | —
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| Study Abroad | |
| Weekend College | |
| Teacher Certification | |
Student Tuition Costs and Fees
What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Davenport University?
Ranks 1632nd for total cost of attendance
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Undergraduate Tuition | $9,816 | $9,816 | $9,816 |
| FT Undergraduate Required Fees | $140 | $140 | $140 |
| PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour | $409 | $409 | $409 |
| FT Graduate Tuition | $7,902 | $7,902 | $7,902 |
| FT Graduate Required Fees | $140 | $140 | $140 |
| PT Graduate per Credit Hour | $439 | $439 | $439 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus | $19,295 | $19,295 | $19,295 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family | $22,969 | $22,969 | $22,969 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family | $14,545 | $14,545 | $14,545 |
Student Tuition Cost History and Trends
Three year history and trends on the cost of attending
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published Tuition & Fees | $8,880  $9,956 |
$8,880  $9,956 |
$8,880  $9,956 |
| Cost (regardless of residency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Supplies | $1,200  $1,600 |
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| On-Campus – Room & Board | $4,200  $4,750 |
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| On-Campus – Other Expenses | $2,989  $2,989 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board | $8,024  $8,424 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses | $2,989  $2,989 |
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| Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board | $2,989  $2,989 |
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Admission Details
| Application Fee Required | N/A |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Application Fee | $25 |
| Graduate Application Fee | $50 |
| First Professional Application Fee | N/A |
| Applicants | 1,303 (570 male / 733 female) |
| Admitted | 1,190 (543 male / 647 female) |
| Admission rate | 91% |
| First-time Enrollment | 893 (371 male / 495 female) |
| FT Enrollment | 555 (247 male / 281 female) |
| PT Enrollment | 338 (124 male / 214 female) |
| Total Enrollment | 12,617 |
Admission Criteria
What criteria does Davenport University use for admissions?
| Open Admissions | |
|---|---|
| Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record |  / N/A / |
| College Prep. Completion |  |
| Recommendations | N/A |
| Formal competency demo | |
| Admission test scores | |
| TOEFL | |
| Other tests | N/A |
= Neither required nor recommended
Admission Credits Accepted
What types of credits does Davenport University accept?
| Dual Credit | |
|---|---|
| Life Experience | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) | |
Athletics - Association Memberships
| Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships | NAIA |
|---|---|
| NAIA Basketball Conference | Independent Great Lakes Region |
| NAIA Track & Field Conference | Independent Great Lakes Region |
Student Services
| Remedial Services | |
|---|---|
| Academic / Career Counseling | |
| PT Cost-defraying Employment | |
| Career Placement | |
| On-Campus Day Care | |
| Library Facility | |
Student Living
| First-time Room / Board Required | |
|---|---|
| Dorm Capacity | 184 |
| Meals per Week | N/A |
| Room Fee | $4,750 |
| Board Fee | N/A |
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
Davenport University Ranks 1950th for the average student loan amount.
| Average | Users | % of Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Aid | $2,823 | 263 |  52% |
| State & Local Grant Aid | $2,040 | 319 |  63% |
| Institutional Grant Aid | $2,682 | 314 |  62% |
| Student Loan Aid | $4,668 | 340 |  67% |
| Any financial aid type | 472 |  93% |
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at Davenport University?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 438 | 2,225 | 2,663 |
Hispanic | 113 | 319 | 432 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 91 | 129 | 220 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 9 | 48 | 57 |
White Non-Hispanic | 1,968 | 5,239 | 7,207 |
Race Unknown | 583 | 1,431 | 2,014 |
| Total | 3,214 | 9,403 | 12,617 |
Student Graduation Demographics
How many students graduated at Davenport University?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 6 | 7 | 13 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 89 | 176 | 265 |
Hispanic | 10 | 18 | 28 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 6 | 6 | 12 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 3 | 2 | 5 |
White Non-Hispanic | 122 | 260 | 382 |
Race Unknown | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| Total | 253 | 486 | 739 |
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at Davenport University.
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | 492 | 691 | |
| 41 | 165 | 206 | |
| 46 | 93 | 139 | |
| 3 | 131 | 134 | |
| 4 | 124 | 128 |
Student Completion / Graduation Demographics
How many students are successful graduates?
Faculty Compensation / Salaries
Davenport University Ranks 1711th for the average full-time faculty salary.
| Tenure system | |
|---|---|
| Average FT Salary | $52,158 ($52,903 male / $51,562 female) |
| Number of FT Faculty | 99 (44 male / 55 female) |
| Number of PT Faculty | 2 |
| FT Faculty Ratio | 50 : 1 |
| Total Benefits | $1,782,310 |
Davenport University Summary
The following paragraph provided courtesy of wikipedia.
It was established in 1866 and currently offers Master’s Degrees, Bachelor’s Degrees, Associate’s Degrees, diplomas, and post-grad certification programs in business, technology, health professions, and graduate studies (MBA).
Davenport University Academics
Davenport University is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Remedial Instruction, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Further, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program and Placement Service can help. For instance, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Independent Study, Internships, Student-Designed Major and Study Abroad.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Davenport University.
- Health and Clinical Sciences:
- Health Services – General, Health System Administration, Management/Clinical Assistant, Medical Administrative Assistance, Medical Assistance, Medical Insurance Coding, Medical Records Technology, Nursing (RN)
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Customer Service Support, Entrepreneurial Studies, Executive Assistant, Finance/Banking, International Business, Marketing Management, Office Management, Operations Management
- Popular majors:
- fifty-four percent business per marketing, twenty-eight percent health professions, twelve percent computer and information sciences, five percent law, seventy-nine percent business per marketing, fifteen percent computer and information sciences, five percent health professions
- Computer Science:
- Computer Networking/Telecommunications, Computer Programming – Vendor/Product Certification, Computer Systems Analysis, Computer/Systems Security, Web/Multimedia Management
Further, for international students, the application fee is 100. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $365 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.
Davenport University Admissions
Davenport does have admission requirements and does not admit those who do not meet the requirements. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee and twenty-five dollars online application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. For one thing, there were six thousand, three hundred and thirty-eight total number of transfer students who applied and six thousand, three hundred and thirty-eight total number of transfer students who were admitted.
SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. In addition, For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of March. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. The regular application due date was not reported. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place.
Davenport University Financial Aid
Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at thirty-six percent scholarships per grants and sixty-four percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Athletics, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Athletics, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Other: Scholarship application, if applicable.
Davenport University Students
The university is a Private, College of Business, College of Health Sciences, Four-year, Coed, where 100 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. The school’s size is approximately eleven thousand, seven hundred and thirty-three degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand, two hundred and thirty-one first-time degree-seeking freshmen and seven hundred and thirty-eight graduate enrollment. Besides, it is part of an Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. Davenport University offers Associate, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Again, the student body consists of fifty-nine percent part-time students, sixty-nine percent women, thirty-one percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, two percent asian per pacific islander, twenty-one percent black per non-hispanic, four percent hispanic, fifty-four percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien and nineteen percent race per ethnicity unreported.
To be sure, the school is located 150 miles from Detroit, 175 miles from Chicago.This school features the Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus.
Davenport University Athletics
The following sports can be found here:
- Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
- Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Golf
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball
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2 months ago
Larry Wantmore theromanticone69 ((at)) yahoo dot com
Wow if the school is like the women/s soccer coach...coaches the women are beasts. The unsportsman type behavior, throwing women to the ground with going for the ball, arguing with the ref with every call....yellow or red by the way and purposefully taking out a girl in the box which would have been a goal..........just because the ref "did not see it" does not excuse the behavior. Congrats coach on teaching unsportsman conduct. I was at the game as a guest of Davenport and not bethel by the way. The bethel women outplayed the team and conducted themselves in a very professional manner. N dont tell me who won........i know who won.....in my mind and heart...BETHEL COLLEGE DID
2 months ago
jamie norklee ((at)) hotmail dot com
WHO IS DAVENPORT? I have been attending in an attempt to complete my degree for nearly 6 years...in that time they have changed their degrees and courses more times than I can count...every year I think. What makes this most painful is that they make the student meet with some minimum wage boob to figure out what courses you need to take, and then, IF the course is not cancelled, you might get to take it on campus. They used to offer good courses online, but now not many courses run online, and if they do, the idiots teaching should be shot...they don't care about students or the school...just the $$$$$$$$$. Like the fellow students I know I was embarrassed when the President was convicted of drunk driving, but happy when they fired him. I actually had some hope that bringing someone new in would be an improvement, but unfortunately the same idiots in middle management are still there...seems the only good ones are fired before too long. I am on the east side of the state, and remember awesome leadership, like the provost and vice provost, who would do everything possible to take care of their students. Now...I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS UNIVERSITY WANNABE TO ANYONE. They are overpriced, put athletics above academics, and keep closing campuses and firing their best people...what a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 months ago
Becca
Alike every comment made i have also had a bad experience with Davenport University. I would never recommend this school. I had changed advisors 3 times by the time i was finished. Also I applied for graduation in January and have yet to receive my diploma from them. The thousands upon thousands of dollars i took out in student loans, just let me know that my school has certified me for in school deferment when i have not attended in almost a year. Now i have to try to get in touch with someone from the school who will not be able to help me as they have always not been able to help me. Half the teachers i had at Davenport were awesome. The others should have not been hired because they didn’t know what they were talking about. My friend also attended davenport. She has ADD. With that, she has a really hard time taking tests in time periods because she can’t concentrate and her mind wonders. If you were to ask her a question out loud though she can recite the textbook. The school would not recognize her condition and when she asked for assistance with test taking she was denied. As a result she had to take a class 6 times before she finally passed. They never once offered to help her. With davenport being so expensive and apparently exclusive they should have helped her after she failed the third time. Yet, they made over 6,000 dollars off her retaking the class. Then once she passed it registered for next semester in classes. Half way through the semester they told her she had not registered for the classes and that she was not aloud to attend class anymore. Davenport is not worth the almost 1,300 dollars a class you will have to pay to go. From my experience, Davenport doesn’t care about their students. They only care about how my much money they can squeeze from unsuspecting students
6 months ago
Brenna Kalns kalnsgemini ((at)) yahoo dot com
All of you must be going to the main campus because I go to an off-campus branch of Davenport University in Midland and it's wonderful. I've had absolutely no problems whatsoever. The staff is very helpful and proficient in their work and really seem to care about their students. I've had the best teachers consistently. I only have great things to say. Maybe you all should consider going to an offshoot of DU. With such a big school I'm sure that many students fall through the cracks.
9 months ago
Beth S bethsan1998 ((at)) yahoo dot com
In the course of a year, I've only had my advisor change once, but I can say that DU advisors are consistantly wrong, so it doesn't really matter which you have. My advisors have been impossible to get a hold of unless you schedule an appointment, which is a complete waste of time to ask a simple question. They don't return emails or phone calls for months at a time and even better, I was registered for two classes per my advisors "guidance" neither of which I needed for my degree. When I was finally able to get him to respond to me to drop the class - I had to pay 25% of the cost of each class because they had already started! Not to mention that for a year he has supplied me wrong information on my degree program, and with three classes to go, I have to CHANGE MY MAJOR in order to meet the requirements. This is school is clearly looking to make a quick buck from their students, which is sad with the time, effort, and heart that students put into their education - and how much we loose from our wallets in return. I would NEVER recommend Davenport to anyone. I could not be more disappointed with the treatment and so called assistance and guidance that was barely made available to me.
about 1 year ago
Kathy morgan dot koen ((at)) inbox dot com
I can't agree more with Dawn. I also attended Davenport University. It is true that the advisors change often and sometimes without further announcement or notification to the students. When you ask questions, most of the staff only able to say,"We don't know why is that happening." They screwed up my paperwork almost every semester. Dropped my class in the past and sent me a letter to notify me, but it was only 3 days left before the semester started. Ultimately poor administration system regardless "system upgrade". If the system are always being upgrade and monitored, then how come it does not work when students need it? Financial Aid office also can't seem to figure out on how to do their job correctly. Their reasoning is always the same regardless who said it,"We don't have enough people working on the paperwork for thousands of students." If you guys are so short handed, why not employ more people? Are you just too cheap to hire employees who knows how to do their job correctly without making too much mistakes? Their answer is a hilarious answer for a big university like Davenport. The class scheduling also not too convenient especially for higher level classes. Not everyone can attend night classes in case these people still don't realize it. Why keep on pushing only having night classes? Aren't you people really want me to graduate? Or is it your hopes that students just enter, stay for few semesters and then leave without a degree? If it not then accommodate students' need more, not just DU's money concerns. As far as for instructor, 50% ok, 50% (oh my gosh, where the heck you get these people from?) Some of them teaching to the wall (not students); some of them don't care about the students; some of them although CPA but does not seem understand what they are teaching (accounting class). A simple note: don't just hire someone because of their nice resume. How about do some in-class teaching test? a.k.a let them show you guys their teaching style before hiring them. Many students paying the tuition, books, related college expenses with money, not corn. Many of us paying Davenport's tuition charges with student loan (plus interest too), so we want a qualified instructor. We don't want someone who think they can teach. In reality, these instructors do not give students any actual learning experience or new knowledge in class.
about 1 year ago
Dawn dedwards99 ((at)) yahoo dot com
I attended Davenport University. The academic advisors change often and give incorrect information making it very hard to complete your degree. Furthermore, the advisors promise you academic scholarships that you never get no matter how much you try to maintain a high GPA. I would not recommend anyone serious about their education to attend Davenport. Please ...take it from me. I've had to suffer long with Davenport.
over 2 years ago
Laura Byers laura dot byers ((at)) davenport dot edu
Your website erroneously states that Davenport has no admission requirements and admits 100% of applicants. Both statements are incorrect (Davenport does have admission requirements and does not admit those who do not meet the requirements). Please visit our website for more information or feel free to email me; I would be happy to direct you to the appropriate department to detail the requirements. In addition your website states DU is located in Grand Rapids and that the population is a little more than 11,000. DU's main campus is actually in Caledonia (near Grand Rapids) and that population estimate may be correct for Caledonia. Grand Rapids, Michigan has a populaton of 193,087.