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Herzing University-Brookfield

Private College in Brookfield, WI. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $36,909.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Herzing University-Brookfield · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$36,909
Median debt at grad
$21,500
Graduation rate
37.9%
Federal loan default
0%

Ten-year median earnings of $36,909 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $21,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
93%
Applicants
72
Yield rate
68.7%

Admission is not the constraint here: 93% of applicants are accepted. With 72 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 69% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.

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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Academics

Full-time retention
40%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
14:1

Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 40% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 379 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$20,378
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
96%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
84%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 379 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $20,378 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,996 at $0–30k against $22,850 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $7,166 on average. Most students borrow — 84% 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.

% receiving grants
91%
Average grant
$7,466

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 23 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 $19,996
$30–48k $18,153
$48–75k $22,415
$75–110k
$110k+ $22,850

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 318 of these 379 students, totalling $2,538,381 — an average of $7,982 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Waukesha County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,027/mo
1 bedroom
$1,119/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,338/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
23
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Herzing University-Brookfield

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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