College · Private nonprofit · Irvine, CA · City
Concordia University-Irvine
Irvine, CA
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate66%
6-yr median pay$54k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size1,536
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $54k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 66% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 25.
If you get in
1,536 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.
Sticker cost of attendance is $59k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$235k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$112k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$122k
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
- $43.5k
- Room & board
- $14.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans52%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr58%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$54k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$65k
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
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,536
- Location
- Irvine, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- Concordia University Irvine
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White44%
- Hispanic30%
- Asian10%
- Two or more races8%
- International3%
- Black3%
- Unknown1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students28%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$51k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 29
What you can study.