Methodist College
Private College in Peoria, IL. Six-year graduation rate 20%. Median 10-year earnings $69,800.
A decade after enrolling, the median Methodist College student earns $69,800 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate is 20% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $31,250 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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
- ! Graduation rate 20% — below national average
Admissions
Methodist College admits 39% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in five applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is small at 18, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 57% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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 | — | 2 (50%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 20% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. The 40% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 5:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 374 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 374 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $41,787 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $14,867 at the $0–30k band to $41,787 at $75–110k. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $10,726. Most students borrow — 82% 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 · 1 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 | $14,867 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $41,787 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 305 of these 374 students, totalling $3,182,162 — an average of $10,433 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Peoria 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)