Concordia University-Irvine
Private College in Irvine, CA. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $65,083.
Students who entered Concordia University-Irvine reach a median of $65,083 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 58%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,247, 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
Concordia University-Irvine accepts 66% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 4,413 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 58% finish inside six years. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 1,456 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,845 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $25,431 at $0–30k against $31,967 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $26,137 on average. About 53% 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 · 290 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 | $25,431 |
| $30–48k | $26,012 |
| $48–75k | $22,202 |
| $75–110k | $26,339 |
| $110k+ | $31,967 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 767 of these 1,456 students, totalling $5,285,011 — an average of $6,890 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)