Marquette University
Private Research University in Milwaukee, WI. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $78,257.
Ten-year median earnings of $78,257 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 83% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $23,940 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 81% puts Marquette University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 18,701 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. A 14% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 14% 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 | 610–680 | 292 (14%) |
| SAT Math | 590–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–31 | 549 (26%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 83% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 14:1 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. The undergraduate population is 7,649 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,236 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $34,322 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $22,269 while those at $110k+ pay $36,813. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $29,926. Federal borrowing reaches 41% of students.
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 · 1,882 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 | $22,269 |
| $30–48k | $18,916 |
| $48–75k | $27,378 |
| $75–110k | $32,374 |
| $110k+ | $36,813 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,936 of these 7,236 students, totalling $19,190,935 — an average of $6,536 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Milwaukee 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)