Bellevue University
Private College in Bellevue, NE. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $61,289.
Ten-year median earnings of $61,289 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,000, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 47% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,426 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,210 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($17,561 versus $17,231), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 37% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. About 25% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 294 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 | $17,561 |
| $30–48k | $18,288 |
| $48–75k | $16,324 |
| $75–110k | $18,262 |
| $110k+ | $17,231 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,564 of these 10,426 students, totalling $23,625,456 — an average of $9,214 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sarpy County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
States Attorney General Filed Suit for Deceptive Action
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)