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Palmer College of Chiropractic

Private nonprofit Davenport, IA · Urban · Plains · 53% data
B+ Earnings D Diversity
Earnings (10yr)
$59,483 B+
Well above the typical college graduate
Enrollment
43
Earnings +46% vs avg

Bottom line: A C+ overall grade — average outcomes for a U.S. college.

What The Data Says

  1. A C+ overall — outcomes above the typical U.S. college.

  2. Earnings 46% above the national college median.

Why Palmer College of Chiropractic Matters

Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private special-focus institution in Davenport, IA and its outcomes are not an accident. They are driven by a well-connected, high-opportunity alumni network. The result: graduate earnings well above the typical college.

Interpretation generated from this school's federal outcomes, research, and mobility data.

Institutional Profile

Institution Type
Private Special-Focus Institution
Carnegie Class
Special Focus
Enrollment
43
Setting
Urban

Why students choose Palmer College of Chiropractic

Influential alumni network
High cross-class social capital and reach

CollegeRanker Report Card

Graded on outcomes, against every U.S. college.

C+
Top 38% overall
B+
Earnings
$59,483 median
D
Diversity
0.36 index

Each grade is this school's national percentile on a real outcome — earnings, value, mobility, and more.

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Can I Get In?

How selective Palmer College of Chiropractic is — and how your numbers stack up.

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3.0
Test Score
1050
21

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Palmer College of Chiropractic? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Palmer College of Chiropractic, located in Davenport, Iowa, enrolls students across a range of programs.

Full-Time Faculty
89%
Faculty Salary (mo)
$6,492
Student–Faculty Ratio
6:1
Diversity Index
0.36

Can I Afford It?

What you'll actually pay after grants and aid — not the sticker price.

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Palmer College of Chiropractic? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Pell Grant Rate
21%
Federal Loan Rate
64%

What Happens After?

Earnings, debt, and where graduates actually land.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Palmer College of Chiropractic Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Palmer College of Chiropractic earn a median of $59,483, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry
$40,025
8 Years
$40,829
10 Years
$59,483
Earning > $25K
65%

Earnings Trajectory

$40,025 6yr $40,829 8yr $59,483 10yr

Does It Change Lives?

Mobility, social capital, and innovation — does it move people up?

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Palmer College of Chiropractic? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Palmer College of Chiropractic. Its economic connectedness score is 1.44, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.05), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 6% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness
1.44
Cross-class friendships
Friending Bias
-0.05
Lower = more inclusive
Volunteering Rate
5.7%
Support Ratio
0.99
Community support

Research Note

267%
Low-income students at colleges in the top quartile of economic connectedness are 267% more likely to reach the top income quintile than peers at the least-connected schools.
Data from CollegeRanker’s review of 5,745 U.S. colleges (n=1,503). Quartile comparison of mean bottom-quintile success rate, split by economic connectedness (Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas × Mobility Report Card).

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Investment Income
$2,668,939

Frequently Asked Questions

Is It Hard to Get Into Palmer College of Chiropractic? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Palmer College of Chiropractic, located in Davenport, Iowa, enrolls students across a range of programs.

Is Palmer College of Chiropractic Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Palmer College of Chiropractic earn a median of $59,483, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

How Connected Is Palmer College of Chiropractic? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Palmer College of Chiropractic. Its economic connectedness score is 1.44, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.05), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 6% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

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