Madonna University
Private College in Livonia, MI. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $59,058.
Ten years after entry, the median Madonna University student earns $59,058 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $23,000, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Madonna University accepts 63% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 1,535 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 25% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 23% 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 | 460–540 | 56 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 420–540 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 4 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 60%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 27% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,633 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,373 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,759 at $0–30k, $22,005 at $110k+. 81% of students receive grant aid, averaging $16,388 — common but not automatic. 58% 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 · 260 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 | $14,759 |
| $30–48k | $15,277 |
| $48–75k | $16,912 |
| $75–110k | $16,593 |
| $110k+ | $22,005 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 949 of these 1,633 students, totalling $6,591,799 — an average of $6,946 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne 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)