Niagara University
Private College in Niagara University, NY. Six-year graduation rate 75%. Median 10-year earnings $56,196.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,196 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 75% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $25,475 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Niagara University admits 87% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 4,197 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 15% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 17% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 530–625 | 91 (17%) |
| SAT Math | 530–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–28 | 14 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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75% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 10:1 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. 2,747 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,712 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,613 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,564 while those at $110k+ pay $22,990. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $29,617 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 55% take federal loans.
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 · 578 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 | $9,564 |
| $30–48k | $11,510 |
| $48–75k | $17,322 |
| $75–110k | $20,355 |
| $110k+ | $22,990 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,496 of these 2,712 students, totalling $10,336,681 — an average of $6,910 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Niagara 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)