College · Private nonprofit · River Forest, IL · Suburb
Concordia University-Chicago
River Forest, IL
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate93%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,323
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $18k/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 93% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,323 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 $45k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$182k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$74k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$108k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.5k
- Room & board
- $11.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants46%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans57%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr36%
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$54k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
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
- 1,323
- Location
- River Forest, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Concordia University Chicago
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White40%
- Hispanic38%
- Black13%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- Unknown1%
- International1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time10%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$46k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 55
What you can study.