College · Private nonprofit · Moorhead, MN · Suburb
Concordia College at Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
Religious affiliation
Admit rate63%
6-yr median pay$48k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,829
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $48k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 63% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1190 · ACT 23.
If you get in
1,829 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 $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$184k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$100k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$84k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $31.2k
- Room & board
- $12.5k
- Books & supplies
- $900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants19%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr61%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$48k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$59k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
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
- 1,829
- Location
- Moorhead, MN
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- 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
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White75%
- International6%
- Hispanic5%
- Black5%
- Unknown3%
- Asian3%
- Two or more races2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students13%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$87k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.