Huntington University
Private College in Huntington, IN. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $46,672.
Students who entered Huntington University land at a median of $46,672 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $25,576 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 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 76% puts Huntington University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 1,691 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 20% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
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 | 470–580 | 178 (69%) |
| SAT Math | 460–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–26 | 32 (12%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 64% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,017 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,767 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,796 while those at $110k+ pay $27,226. 88% of students get grant aid averaging $21,024, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 49% 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 · 247 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 | $10,796 |
| $30–48k | $13,006 |
| $48–75k | $14,899 |
| $75–110k | $23,155 |
| $110k+ | $27,226 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 502 of these 1,017 students, totalling $3,243,476 — an average of $6,461 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Huntington 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)