College · Private nonprofit · Chicago, IL · City
North Park University
Chicago, IL
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate69%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size1,818
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 69% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 23.
If you get in
1,818 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 $44k/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$177k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$68k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$109k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $36.7k
- Room & board
- $11.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,050
How students pay for it.
Pell grants44%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans50%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr58%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$60k
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
- 1,818
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic35%
- White28%
- International12%
- Black11%
- Asian8%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students37%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 52
What you can study.