College · Private nonprofit · Elmhurst, IL · Suburb
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$53k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size3,006
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $53k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1151 · ACT 26.
If you get in
3,006 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
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 $55k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$219k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$97k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$122k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $43.0k
- Room & board
- $14.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans77%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
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 retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr70%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$53k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$61k
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
- 3,006
- Location
- Elmhurst, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White44%
- Hispanic34%
- Asian8%
- Black6%
- International4%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$50k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 59
What you can study.
- Accounting$87k · 5-yr
- Finance$85k · 5-yr
- Marketing/Marketing Management$82k · 5-yr
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$81k · 5-yr
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$72k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$71k · 5-yr
- French Language and Literature$65k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$64k · 5-yr
- Communication Sciences and Disorders$63k · 5-yr
- Biology/Biological Sciences$59k · 5-yr
- Agricultural Teacher Education$58k · 5-yr
- History$57k · 5-yr
- Writing$54k · 5-yr
- Psychology$53k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching$52k · 5-yr
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric$51k · 5-yr
- English Language and Literature$48k · 5-yr
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management$42k · 5-yr
- Music$39k · 5-yr
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Information Science/Studiesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
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- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studiesearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
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- Urban Studies/Affairsearnings not reported
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- Health and Wellnessearnings not reported
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Otherearnings not reported
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- Education, Otherearnings not reported
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- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Otherearnings not reported