Aurora University
Private College in Aurora, IL. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $58,709.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $58,709 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 60% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $20,318 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
81% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 5,384, typical for a school of this reach. A 16% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 18% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 470–580 | 122 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 430–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–29 | 15 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 60%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 77% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,021 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,053 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,525 while those at $110k+ pay $24,595. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $17,857, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 48% of students.
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 · 826 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 | $14,525 |
| $30–48k | $14,089 |
| $48–75k | $15,431 |
| $75–110k | $19,300 |
| $110k+ | $24,595 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,938 of these 4,021 students, totalling $15,322,261 — an average of $7,906 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kane 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)