Concordia University-Wisconsin
Private College in Mequon, WI. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $56,075.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,075 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $25,750 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 78% puts Concordia University-Wisconsin on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 3,945 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 5% of enrolled first-years submitted an ACT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 22–28 | 20 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Concordia University-Wisconsin →Academics
A 69% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 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. The undergraduate population is 2,525 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,298 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,916 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $34,991 at $0–30k, $38,595 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 91% of students receive it, averaging $18,827. Most students borrow — 66% 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 · 446 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 | $34,991 |
| $30–48k | $31,070 |
| $48–75k | $32,747 |
| $75–110k | $36,336 |
| $110k+ | $38,595 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,518 of these 2,298 students, totalling $10,663,351 — an average of $7,025 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ozaukee 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)