Saint Ambrose University
Private College in Davenport, IA. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $59,531.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $59,531 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, 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
Saint Ambrose University accepts 77% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 2,964 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 13% 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 | 490–580 | 51 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 440–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 38 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 30% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,101 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,345 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,037 at $0–30k, $27,807 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $24,134. 65% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 421 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 | $22,037 |
| $30–48k | $21,729 |
| $48–75k | $22,408 |
| $75–110k | $24,776 |
| $110k+ | $27,807 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,360 of these 2,101 students, totalling $9,896,803 — an average of $7,277 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Scott 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)