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Augsburg University

Private College in Minneapolis, MN. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $58,829.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Augsburg University · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$58,829
Median debt at grad
$25,347
Mobility score
1.3
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
51.7%
Federal loan default
0%

The median ten-year earnings figure of $58,829 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 52% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,347, neither a bargain nor a burden.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
82%
Applicants
4,118
Yield rate
18.6%

An acceptance rate of 82% puts Augsburg University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 4,118, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 19%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.

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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Academics

Full-time retention
72%
Transfer-out rate
7%
Student:faculty
14:1

Completion is middling: 52% finish inside six years. 72% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$24,561
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
98%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
77%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,406 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price after grant aid is $24,561 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $21,318 while those at $110k+ pay $32,123. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $34,303. Borrowing is widespread: 77% 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.

% receiving grants
100%
Average grant
$37,850

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 673 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 $21,318
$30–48k $23,180
$48–75k $21,524
$75–110k $23,223
$110k+ $32,123

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 1,852 of these 2,406 students, totalling $12,494,202 — an average of $6,746 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Hennepin County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,242/mo
1 bedroom
$1,405/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,709/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
62
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Augsburg University

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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