Assumption University
Private College in Worcester, MA. Six-year graduation rate 75%. Median 10-year earnings $74,895.
Students who entered Assumption University reach a median of $74,895 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 75% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 75% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Assumption University accepts 83% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 5,900 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 10% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 75% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 1,688, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,664 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,748 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $19,885 at the $0–30k band to $33,463 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $33,384. Borrowing is widespread: 85% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 479 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,885 |
| $30–48k | $23,632 |
| $48–75k | $25,471 |
| $75–110k | $25,961 |
| $110k+ | $33,463 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,412 of these 1,664 students, totalling $9,303,153 — an average of $6,589 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Worcester County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)