Bradley University
Private College in Peoria, IL. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $66,852.
Ten-year median earnings of $66,852 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 76% 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 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
77% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 9,458 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 11% 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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76% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 83% 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. 3,883 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,865 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,787 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $17,269 while those at $110k+ pay $30,008. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $27,318, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 64% 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 · 830 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 | $17,269 |
| $30–48k | $16,539 |
| $48–75k | $18,609 |
| $75–110k | $22,954 |
| $110k+ | $30,008 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,462 of these 3,865 students, totalling $16,071,485 — an average of $6,528 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Peoria 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)