College · Private nonprofit · Fond Du Lac, WI · City
Marian University
Fond Du Lac, WI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate75%
6-yr median pay$50k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size1,010
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $50k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 75% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 21.
If you get in
1,010 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 $44k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$178k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$88k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$90k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.2k
- Room & board
- $9.8k
- Books & supplies
- $900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans78%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $15k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr44%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$50k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$54k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out35%
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
- 1,010
- Location
- Fond Du Lac, WI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Marian University of Fond du Lac
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White65%
- Hispanic12%
- Black7%
- International5%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$58k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44
What you can study.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$73k · 5-yr
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$72k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$65k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$59k · 5-yr
- Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist$57k · 5-yr
- Social Work$50k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Teacher Assistant/Aideearnings not reported
- Education, Otherearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Writingearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) Programearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Homeland Securityearnings not reported
- Security Science and Technologyearnings not reported
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Otherearnings not reported
- Human Services, Generalearnings not reported
- Design and Visual Communicationsearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Dental Assisting/Assistantearnings not reported
- Health/Health Care Administration/Managementearnings not reported
- Blood Bank Technology Specialistearnings not reported
- Art Therapy/Therapistearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- Financeearnings not reported
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administrationearnings not reported
- Management Information Systemsearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Construction Managementearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Journalismearnings not reported
- Radio and Televisionearnings not reported
- Organizational Communicationearnings not reported
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported