College · Private nonprofit · Ave Maria, FL · Rural
Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate41%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,298
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 41% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
1,298 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $46k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$185k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$99k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$85k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $30.2k
- Room & board
- $14.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,320
How students pay for it.
Pell grants21%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans45%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out39%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,298
- Location
- Ave Maria, FL
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- AMU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White69%
- Hispanic15%
- Unknown5%
- Asian5%
- Black3%
- International2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students18%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$82k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 31
What you can study.