Maranatha Baptist University
Private College in Watertown, WI. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $45,593.
Ten years after entry, the median Maranatha Baptist University student earns $45,593 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $14,143.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 72% puts Maranatha Baptist University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. Only 274 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 69% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. The score bands below rest on the 16% 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 | 485–645 | 21 (16%) |
| SAT Math | 455–615 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–28 | 73 (58%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 64% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 88%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 19% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 537 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,415 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($24,786 versus $30,675), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 80% get grants averaging $9,075, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 34% 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 · 105 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 | $24,786 |
| $30–48k | $22,995 |
| $48–75k | $23,908 |
| $75–110k | $30,314 |
| $110k+ | $30,675 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 182 of these 537 students, totalling $1,021,732 — an average of $5,614 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson 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)