College · Private nonprofit · Quincy, IL · Town
Quincy University
Quincy, IL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate51%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size1,010
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/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 51% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1098 · ACT 24.
If you get in
1,010 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 $50k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$200k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$81k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$119k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.1k
- Room & board
- $13.0k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
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 retention67%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr45%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
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
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,010
- Location
- Quincy, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White65%
- Black11%
- Hispanic9%
- International8%
- Unknown6%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$51k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$77k · 5-yr
- Accounting$60k · 5-yr
- Finance$59k · 5-yr
- Biology/Biological Sciences$58k · 5-yr
- Management Science$50k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$44k · 5-yr
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other$41k · 5-yr
- Education, Otherearnings not reported
- American Sign Language (ASL)earnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Data Analyticsearnings not reported
- Philosophy and Religious Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Clinical Psychologyearnings not reported
- Psychology, Otherearnings not reported
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, Generalearnings not reported
- Security Science and Technologyearnings not reported
- Human Services, Generalearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technologyearnings not reported
- Design and Visual Communicationsearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Health and Wellnessearnings not reported
- Cardiovascular Technology/Technologistearnings not reported
- Blood Bank Technology Specialistearnings not reported
- Public Healthearnings not reported
- Business Administration and Managementearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Computer Scienceearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Agricultural Business and Managementearnings not reported
- Information Science/Studiesearnings not reported
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported