Monmouth College
Private College in Monmouth, IL. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $51,110.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $51,110 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 65%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — 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
Admissions
Monmouth College admits 91% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 1,577, typical for a school of this reach. A 14% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 21% 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 | 500–620 | 42 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 500–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–27 | 12 (6%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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65% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. 29% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 725 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,768 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $12,483 at $0–30k versus $21,678 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $37,189. Most students borrow — 76% 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 · 211 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 | $12,483 |
| $30–48k | $12,400 |
| $48–75k | $14,782 |
| $75–110k | $18,057 |
| $110k+ | $21,678 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 548 of these 725 students, totalling $3,644,080 — an average of $6,650 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Warren 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)