College · Private nonprofit · Elgin, IL · City
Judson University
Elgin, IL
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate48%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size708
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 48% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1039 · ACT 22.
If you get in
708 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 $43k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$173k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$74k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$98k
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
- $31.4k
- Room & board
- $12.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,270
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans55%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
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 retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr60%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
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
- 708
- Location
- Elgin, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White42%
- Hispanic26%
- Black15%
- International9%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian2%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.