College · Private nonprofit · North Manchester, IN · Town
Manchester University
North Manchester, IN
Religious affiliation
Admit rate71%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size936
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/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 71% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
936 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 $50k/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$200k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$75k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$125k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.1k
- Room & board
- $12.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans70%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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 retention69%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
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 out0%
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
- 936
- Location
- North Manchester, IN
- 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, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White51%
- Unknown31%
- Hispanic8%
- Black6%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$63k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 49
What you can study.