Edgewood University
Private College in Madison, WI. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $59,728.
Students who entered Edgewood University land at a median of $59,728 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,424, 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
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,274 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 16%, 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 | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 60%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. With 34% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,103 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,038 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $22,291 while those at $110k+ pay $30,913. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $20,732. Borrowing is widespread: 63% 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 · 217 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 | $22,291 |
| $30–48k | $19,089 |
| $48–75k | $22,573 |
| $75–110k | $23,493 |
| $110k+ | $30,913 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 698 of these 1,103 students, totalling $4,413,293 — an average of $6,323 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dane 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)