Jacksonville University
Private College in Jacksonville, FL. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $68,010.
Ten-year median earnings of $68,010 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 51% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,000, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Jacksonville University admits 57% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. 8,184 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 16% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 21% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, 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 | 580–660 | 156 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 520–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–27 | 149 (20%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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51% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 34% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. 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 2,649 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,238 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $21,893 at $0–30k, $29,653 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $35,622. 45% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 750 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 | $21,893 |
| $30–48k | $19,733 |
| $48–75k | $23,974 |
| $75–110k | $27,936 |
| $110k+ | $29,653 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,198 of these 2,649 students, totalling $8,142,797 — an average of $6,797 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Duval 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)