College · Private nonprofit · Milwaukee, WI · City
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$65k
Net price / yr$31k
Undergrad size7,660
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $31k/yr for a shot at a $65k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1310 · ACT 28.
If you get in
7,660 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 $67k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $31k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$267k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$126k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$141k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $51.2k
- Room & board
- $16.5k
- Books & supplies
- $720
How students pay for it.
Pell grants18%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans38%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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 retention91%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr83%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$65k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$78k
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
- 7,660
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity (R2)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · large · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- Hispanic16%
- Asian6%
- Black5%
- Two or more races3%
- International1%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students19%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$96k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 74
What you can study.