Augustana College
Private College in Rock Island, IL. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $62,971.
Students who entered Augustana College reach a median of $62,971 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 73% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Augustana College accepts 63% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 7,857 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 38% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 520–630 | 252 (38%) |
| SAT Math | 510–640 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–29 | 68 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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73% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate population is 2,446 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,418 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,714 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,787 at the $0–30k band to $28,086 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $35,927, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 723 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 | $15,787 |
| $30–48k | $16,525 |
| $48–75k | $16,865 |
| $75–110k | $22,405 |
| $110k+ | $28,086 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,352 of these 2,418 students, totalling $9,093,823 — an average of $6,726 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rock Island 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)