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Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL · Private (nonprofit) · 3,006 students · mostly bachelor degrees
151st-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$24,185
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$54,679
Graduation rate
70%
Admission rate
74%
Median graduate earnings
$61,462
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,489
Average SAT
1151
Median ACT
26
Pell grant recipients
37%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
90 programsManagement Science · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$117,787Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree42 grads/yr$107,924Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree77 grads/yr$102,847Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$101,273Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$97,793Accounting · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$79,654Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree114 grads/yr$79,372Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$76,678Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$76,433Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$72,286Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$66,310Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$66,244Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$60,161Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$60,158Environmental Health · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$58,467Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$56,411French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$56,282Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree1 grads/yr$53,618Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$53,075Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree88 grads/yr$52,264Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree40 grads/yr$52,106Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$49,480Writing, General · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$47,052English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$46,021Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$41,122
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.