College · Private nonprofit · Eureka, IL · Town
Eureka College
Eureka, IL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate85%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size522
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 85% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.
If you get in
522 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $40k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$158k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$69k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$89k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $29.1k
- Room & board
- $10.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants49%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans76%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
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 retention57%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr42%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out34%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 522
- Location
- Eureka, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- EC
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White54%
- Black19%
- Hispanic13%
- Unknown7%
- Two or more races4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- International1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$60k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 30
What you can study.