College · Private nonprofit · Chicago, IL · City
National Louis University
Chicago, IL
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate95%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size4,406
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 95% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
4,406 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 $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$97k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$51k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$46k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $12.7k
- Books & supplies
- $0
How students pay for it.
Pell grants55%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans22%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention54%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr30%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out17%
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
- 4,406
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic50%
- Black22%
- White14%
- International6%
- Unknown4%
- Asian2%
- Two or more races2%
First-gen students50%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time35%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans2%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$24k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 22
What you can study.