Dallas, TX · Private · 620 undergraduates · urban
Paul Quinn College
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America's first urban Work College, combining an HBCU mission with required work experience.
Institutional profile
Well established Solid in mobility, and solid in affordability.- Admission
- 33.8% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 28.4%
3,398 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$29,288 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Paul Quinn College apart
Academic design
Students pursue liberal-arts and professional programs while participating in the work program, gaining supervised employment experience tied to campus operations or partner organizations.
Campus pattern
The south Dallas campus has a service-oriented, entrepreneurial culture with a strong connection to the surrounding community and the broader Dallas-Fort Worth employer base.
Defining feature
America's first urban Work College, combining an HBCU mission with required work experience.
Can I get in?
33.8% admitted
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Recent applicant pool
3,398About 34 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
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No score range is published for the entering class, so the transcript, the course rigor, and the required materials carry the file.
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Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Paul Quinn College, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What Paul Quinn College weighs when it reads a file
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- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Students pursue liberal-arts and professional programs while participating in the work program, gaining supervised employment experience tied to campus operations or partner organizations.
Make the fit specific
America's first urban Work College, combining an HBCU mission with required work experience.
Account for the tradeoff
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
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$0 application fee
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
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Average annual cost by household income at Paul Quinn College
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
America's first urban Work College, combining an HBCU mission with required work experience.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Non-Professional Legal Studies
What is campus life like?
Paul Quinn College beyond the classroom
The south Dallas campus has a service-oriented, entrepreneurial culture with a strong connection to the surrounding community and the broader Dallas-Fort Worth employer base.
A defining academic feature
Students pursue liberal-arts and professional programs while participating in the work program, gaining supervised employment experience tied to campus operations or partner organizations.
What shapes an ordinary week
The south Dallas campus has a service-oriented, entrepreneurial culture with a strong connection to the surrounding community and the broader Dallas-Fort Worth employer base.
What changes the experience
America's first urban Work College, combining an HBCU mission with required work experience.