College · Private nonprofit · Howell, MI · Suburb
Cleary University
Howell, MI
Admit rate68%
6-yr median pay$55k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size738
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $55k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 68% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 19.
If you get in
738 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$159k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$89k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$70k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $26.1k
- Room & board
- $12.9k
- Books & supplies
- $2,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr41%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$55k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$54k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 738
- Location
- Howell, MI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Cleary College
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White58%
- Black24%
- Unknown7%
- International5%
- Hispanic3%
- Asian2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time27%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$47k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 11
What you can study.