College · Private nonprofit · Chicago, IL · City
East-West University
Chicago, IL
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$21k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size468
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $21k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
468 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 $33k/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$130k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$87k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $25.4k
- Books & supplies
- $900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants62%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans60%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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 retention37%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr16%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$21k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$30k
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
- 468
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black42%
- Hispanic31%
- International23%
- White2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students54%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$15k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 8
What you can study.