College · Private nonprofit · Waterloo, IA · City
Allen College
Waterloo, IA
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$65k
Net price / yr—
Undergrad size261
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $0k/yr for a shot at a $65k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
261 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Net price not reported — check the college's financial aid office.
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans68%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $15k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
6-yr median pay$65k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$71k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 261
- Location
- Waterloo, IA
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White77%
- Unknown15%
- Two or more races2%
- Hispanic2%
- Black1%
- Asian1%
- International1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
Part-time17%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$56k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.