College · Private nonprofit · Monmouth, IL · Town
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate91%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size702
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/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 91% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1128 · ACT 26.
If you get in
702 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 $57k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$229k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$69k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$160k
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
- $44.9k
- Room & board
- $11.8k
- Books & supplies
- $900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans75%
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 retention72%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr65%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$51k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out29%
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
- 702
- Location
- Monmouth, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very 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.
- White71%
- Hispanic11%
- Black10%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$60k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 42
What you can study.
- Business Administration and Management$59k · 5-yr
- History$48k · 5-yr
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric$47k · 5-yr
- Psychology$44k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$37k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Engineeringearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Generalearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- English Language and Literature/Letters, Otherearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
- Neuroscienceearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Mathematics and Statistics, Otherearnings not reported
- Biopsychologyearnings not reported
- International/Globalization Studiesearnings not reported
- Data Scienceearnings not reported
- Philosophyearnings not reported
- Bible/Biblical Studiesearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Physicsearnings not reported
- Human Services, Generalearnings not reported
- Economicsearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Sociology and Anthropologyearnings not reported
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Artsearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Computer Scienceearnings not reported
- Health and Wellnessearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- International Business/Trade/Commerceearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Natural Resources/Conservationearnings not reported
- Organizational Communicationearnings not reported
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Educationearnings not reported