North Park University
Private College in Chicago, IL. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $59,572.
Students who entered North Park University land at a median of $59,572 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 58%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $25,500 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
69% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 4,309, typical for a school of this reach. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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
Apply at North Park University →Academics
58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 12:1 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. The undergraduate body is just 1,865, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,833 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,372 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,845 while those at $110k+ pay $22,964. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $22,526, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 51% 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 · 446 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 | $14,845 |
| $30–48k | $14,843 |
| $48–75k | $16,067 |
| $75–110k | $19,208 |
| $110k+ | $22,964 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 936 of these 1,833 students, totalling $6,304,047 — an average of $6,735 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook 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)