North Central University
Private College in Minneapolis, MN. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $45,064.
Students who entered North Central University land at a median of $45,064 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 66% of students finish within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,200, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 99%, North Central University takes nearly everyone who applies. Only 492 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield sits at 30% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
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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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 82% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 796 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,363 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,450 at the $0–30k band to $30,213 at $110k+. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $17,927, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 59% 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 · 209 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 | $20,450 |
| $30–48k | $22,393 |
| $48–75k | $23,892 |
| $75–110k | $28,167 |
| $110k+ | $30,213 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 473 of these 796 students, totalling $2,972,755 — an average of $6,285 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hennepin 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)