College Viability Inspection Report

Naropa University

Colorado · Private, not-for-profit

Naropa University is a private, nonprofit institution in Colorado. This report benchmarks Naropa University's most recent reported year (2024) against 2,000+ U.S. colleges across three dimensions: student outcomes, financial health, and value for money. All figures are drawn from federal IPEDS filings and are reported without editorial judgment.

Data note: The U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS database did not include every reported figure for Naropa University between 2020 and 2024. 1 inspection flag could not be evaluated for lack of data — affected indicators are tagged below; missing years are shown as gaps in trend charts rather than estimated.

Naropa University Inspection Flags

Student Outcomes
Financial Health
Value for Your Money

Inspection flags are nine independent checks across student outcomes, financial health, and cost-to-value that surface areas of a college's reported numbers worth a closer look. A triggered flag means the college's data met a specific threshold that students and families may want to ask about — for example, graduation rates slipping below a level, or tuition rising while outcomes decline. A clear flag means the threshold was not met. Flags are signals for further conversation, not verdicts.

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Data Summary

Naropa University — All Reported Indicators

Plain-text reference table of every metric and inspection flag for Naropa University. Values reflect IPEDS-reported figures; percent changes reflect endpoint-to-endpoint 2020 → 2024 comparison; percentiles reflect 2024 national rank against four-year public and private nonprofit institutions. Cells marked "not reported" indicate the indicator was not present in IPEDS for this institution.

Student Outcomes

Metric2024 Value5-Yr % ChangeNational Percentile
Four-Year Graduation Rate21.0%-36.4%20th
Six-Year Graduation Rate31.0%-26.2%14th
Full-Time Retention Rate54.0%-3.6%8th
Pell Grant Six-Year Graduation Rate46.7%+22.5%47th
Pell-to-Non-Pell Graduation Gap-20.0pp-102.2%4th
Pell Share of Cohort50.0%+42.9%70th

Financial Health

Metric2024 Value5-Yr % ChangeNational Percentile
Revenue-to-Expense Ratio0.99×+7.0%24th
Tuition Dependency Percentage67.4%-2.6%80th
Total FTE Enrollment316-11.2%16th
Endowment Value$4.7M-13.7%13th
State Appropriations as % of Revenue0.0%0.0%not reported
Net Assets (End of Year)$14.5M-10.9%20th

Value for Money

Metric2024 Value5-Yr % ChangeNational Percentile
Instructional Spending %44.5%+40.8%85th
Student Support Spending %10.1%-16.4%38th
Administrative Spending %25.3%+3.0%75th
Instruction+Support to Admin Ratio2.16×+21.4%33rd
Average Net Price$28,145+11.6%84th
Net Price: $0-30K Income$20,221-11.5%79th
Net Price: $30K-48K Income$20,242-59.6%77th
Net Price: $48-75K Incomenot reportednot reportednot reported
Net Price: $75K-110K Income$46,737+25.0%99th
Net Price: $110K+ Income$43,362+6.8%93rd

Inspection Flags

FlagSectionStatus
Retention Below 75%Student OutcomesTriggered
Four-Year Graduation Rate Below 50%Student OutcomesTriggered
Pell Gap Exceeds 10 PointsStudent OutcomesNot Evaluated
Revenue-to-Expense Below 1.0Financial HealthTriggered
Negative Change in Net AssetsFinancial HealthTriggered
Endowment Flat or DecliningFinancial HealthTriggered
High Cost, Low CompletionValue for MoneyTriggered
Low Instruction-to-Admin RatioValue for MoneyTriggered
Rising Price, Falling OutcomesValue for MoneyTriggered