Herzing University-Madison
Private College in Madison, WI. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $36,909.
Students who entered Herzing University-Madison reach a median of $36,909 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,500, 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
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 94% of applicants are accepted. Only 596 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 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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Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four 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. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Part-time students actually return at a higher rate, 77%, which is unusual and suggests the school is built for them. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,105 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,422 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($21,557 versus $25,817), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 95% of students get grant aid averaging $5,773, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 71% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 148 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 | $21,557 |
| $30–48k | $23,227 |
| $48–75k | $22,952 |
| $75–110k | $24,004 |
| $110k+ | $25,817 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,497 of these 2,105 students, totalling $11,927,966 — an average of $7,968 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)