- The Inkwell
- Illinois
- Judson University
Elgin, ILCity: midsizeZIP 60123Founded 1963
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1963
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1969
- Website
- www.judsonu.edu
IllinoisReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Judson University
Judson University is a private nonprofit university in Elgin, Illinois, with 708 undergraduates. It admits 48% of applicants, graduates 34% within six years and costs $19,224 a year after aid.
34%graduate
Admission rate48%
Retention59%
4-year graduation28%
Pell Grant share44%
Federal loans54%
$19,224net price / year
48%admission rate
1039average SAT
34%graduate in 6 years
$59,095median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,944median debt
#834 of 1,704 for earnings#810 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,484 of 1,738 for graduation rate#230 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $44,090tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $31,810
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $31,810
- Average net price
- $19,224national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$18,021
$30,001–48,000$15,354
$48,001–75,000$17,220
$75,001–110,000$19,575
$110,001+$22,443
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 48%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1039
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 423–550
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 393–568
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 16–24
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college48%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college59%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college34%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college44%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 34%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 28%
- First-year retention
- 59%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 49%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,729
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,095middle 50%: $39,166–$84,182
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,944
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$84,182
Median, Judson University$59,095
Lower quarter$39,166
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
- 708
- Part-time
- 3.0%
- Women / men
- 41% / 59%
- Average age at entry
- 26.3
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 44%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 28%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,024 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,178
- Endowment, end of year
- $7,688,297
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White42%
Hispanic26%
Black14%
Asian2.1%
Two or more races3.0%
U.S. nonresident9.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown2.1%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management37%
Architecture15%
Psychology13%
Parks, recreation & fitness7.2%
Visual & performing arts5.5%
Education5.0%
Liberal arts & humanities4.4%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies3.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 146339. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1711141.