Cleary University
Private College in Howell, MI. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $54,186.
Ten years after entry, the median Cleary University student earns $54,186 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,500, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Cleary University accepts 68% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 382 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. About 29% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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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Completion is the problem here: 39% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 66% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 773 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,705 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $18,046 while those at $110k+ pay $27,372. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $13,795, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 56% 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 · 82 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 | $18,046 |
| $30–48k | $18,917 |
| $48–75k | $15,328 |
| $75–110k | $20,797 |
| $110k+ | $27,372 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 434 of these 773 students, totalling $2,671,186 — an average of $6,155 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Livingston County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring, Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); Heightened Cash Monitoring; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)