Marian University
Private College in Indianapolis, IN. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $58,759.
Ten years after entry, the median Marian University student earns $58,759 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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
With an acceptance rate of 95%, Marian University takes nearly everyone who applies. 3,745 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.
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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67% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. 2,492 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,362 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,786 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $23,195 at $0–30k, $26,671 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $30,331. Most students borrow — 70% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 604 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 | $23,195 |
| $30–48k | $19,896 |
| $48–75k | $21,690 |
| $75–110k | $26,092 |
| $110k+ | $26,671 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,647 of these 2,362 students, totalling $11,575,399 — an average of $7,028 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion 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)