College · Private nonprofit · Kenosha, WI · City
Herzing University-Kenosha
Kenosha, WI
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay$35k
Net price / yr$23k
Undergrad size522
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $23k/yr for a shot at a $35k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
522 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 $28k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $23k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$114k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$92k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$21k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $13.4k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants62%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans80%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention71%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr72%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$35k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$37k
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
- 522
- Location
- Kenosha, WI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic32%
- White27%
- Black24%
- Asian10%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students52%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time61%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 9
What you can study.