College · Private nonprofit · Peoria, IL · City
Methodist College
Peoria, IL
Admit rate39%
6-yr median pay$65k
Net price / yr$42k
Undergrad size245
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $42k/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 39% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
245 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 $47k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $42k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$187k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$167k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$20k
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
- $18.0k
- Room & board
- $17.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,700
How students pay for it.
Pell grants51%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans82%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $13k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr20%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$65k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$70k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out40%
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
- 245
- Location
- Peoria, IL
- 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 · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White62%
- Black24%
- Two or more races5%
- Hispanic3%
- Unknown3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time46%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Median family income$31k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.