- The Inkwell
- Illinois
- East-West University
Chicago, ILCity: largeZIP 60605Founded 1980
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1980
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1981
- Website
- www.eastwest.edu
IllinoisPrivate nonprofit
East-West University
East-West University is a private nonprofit university in Chicago, Illinois, with 468 undergraduates. It graduates 18% within six years and costs $18,499 a year after aid.
18%graduate
Retention37%
4-year graduation9.0%
Pell Grant share61%
Federal loans61%
$18,499net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
18%graduate in 6 years
$34,926median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#1,648 of 1,704 for earnings#756 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,667 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $32,053tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $25,395
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $25,395
- Average net price
- $18,499national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,628
$30,001–48,000$24,678
$48,001–75,000$28,221
$75,001–110,000$24,979
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college37%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college18%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college61%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 18%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 9.0%
- First-year retention
- 37%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 20%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,310
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,926middle 50%: $17,793–$54,942
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$54,942
Median, East-West University$34,926
Lower quarter$17,793
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 468
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 22.1
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 61%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,789 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,763
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White1.5%
Hispanic31%
Black42%
Asian0.6%
Two or more races0.4%
U.S. nonresident23%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management25%
Biological & biomedical sciences20%
Computer & information sciences17%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies16%
Engineering technologies8.7%
Liberal arts & humanities7.2%
English language & literature5.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 144883. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5331048.