Concordia University
Ann Arbor
Private College in Ann Arbor, MI. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $56,075.
Ten years after entry, the median Concordia University Ann Arbor student earns $56,075 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,750, 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
An acceptance rate of 69% puts Concordia University Ann Arbor on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,556 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 6%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 | — | 2 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 49%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Just 45% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — 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. This is a small school — 1,044 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 915 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,080 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,829 at $0–30k, $35,139 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $21,976. Most students borrow — 69% 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 · 289 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 | $28,829 |
| $30–48k | $30,199 |
| $48–75k | $32,218 |
| $75–110k | $32,526 |
| $110k+ | $35,139 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 634 of these 915 students, totalling $4,041,718 — an average of $6,375 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washtenaw 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)