Minerva University is a private institution in San Francisco, CA with an acceptance rate of 3% and 369 students. The average net price after financial aid is $16,556 per year.
About Minerva University
A private 4-year urban university in San Francisco, CA.
Minerva University is a college in San Francisco, CA. It enrolls roughly 369 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 3%.
Your chances at this school
What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.
Minerva University is a reach school for the average admitted student profile. A reach for almost every applicant, including very strong ones.
What strengthens an application here
- Depth in one or two activitiesSustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.
Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.
Admissions
What it actually takes to get into Minerva University. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.
Application requirements
- Courses & Grades self-report
- Test-flexible
- No application fee
Deadlines (2026-27)
- Early Action
- Nov 1, 2026
- Regular Decision
- Jan 5, 2027
Source: Common App 2026-27 requirements grid (verified Aug 2026). Always confirm on the college's own site.
Cost & financial aid
Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Minerva University after grants and scholarships.
Academics & majors
Where students at Minerva University concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.
Student body
Who attends Minerva University. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.
Race & ethnicity
- White4%
- Asian1%
- Hispanic45%
- Two or more races1%
- International48%
Gender
- Female57%
- Male43%
Outcomes after graduation
What Minerva University graduates do next — and what they earn.
Is it worth it?
Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.
- Median earnings
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- Typical debt
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- Avg. net price
- $16.6k/yr
- These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
- Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
- Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
- Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.
What this means
A 89% graduation rate puts Minerva University in the top tier nationally.
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