College · Private nonprofit · Rochester, NY · Suburb
Nazareth University
Rochester, NY
Admit rate75%
6-yr median pay$48k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size1,873
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $48k 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 SAT 1216.
If you get in
1,873 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $58k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$233k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$117k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$116k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $42.5k
- Room & board
- $16.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,226
How students pay for it.
Pell grants26%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans70%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
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?
Graduation · 6 yr73%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$48k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,873
- Location
- Rochester, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White78%
- Hispanic8%
- Black6%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian2%
- Unknown2%
- International1%
First-gen students18%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$79k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 55
What you can study.