College · Public · Peru, NE · Rural
Peru State College
Peru, NE
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size1,092
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
1,092 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $22k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $12k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$89k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$47k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$42k
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
- $8.6k
- Room & board
- $10.5k
- Books & supplies
- $960
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans44%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention64%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr38%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out33%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,092
- Location
- Peru, NE
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Peru State
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- Black14%
- Hispanic10%
- Two or more races5%
- International2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time14%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$40k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 21
What you can study.