College · Private nonprofit · Spokane, WA · City
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate82%
6-yr median pay$67k
Net price / yr$35k
Undergrad size5,198
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $35k/yr for a shot at a $67k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 82% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1335 · ACT 29.
If you get in
5,198 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $73k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $35k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$293k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$140k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$152k
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
- $55.5k
- Room & board
- $15.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,124
How students pay for it.
Pell grants14%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans36%
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 retention93%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr86%
Most finish on time.
6-yr median pay$67k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$79k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out8%
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
- 5,198
- Location
- Spokane, WA
- 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, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White62%
- Hispanic14%
- Two or more races8%
- Asian7%
- International5%
- Unknown1%
- Black1%
First-gen students13%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$110k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44
What you can study.