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Marian University

Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·marianuniversity.edu
6-yr Graduation
44%
-3.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
1,246
peer median 1,344
Avg net price
$23,341
+$230 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
1,619
1,619 candidates competed
Admitted
1,214
75.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
219
18.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
44%-3.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
30%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
44%
Full-time retention
67%

Pell equity

15.0pp gap
Pell recipients
37%
Non-Pell
52%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 82 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 73 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
82
Passing
9
11.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

82programs
  • Passing9 · 11.0%
  • No Data73 · 89.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
9
No data
73

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

9
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+42.5%
$51,997 vs $36,491
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+43.3%
$52,277 vs $36,491
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+48.1%
$84,671 vs $57,169
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+54.7%
$56,434 vs $36,491
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+77.1%
$64,625 vs $36,491
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+94.0%
$70,786 vs $36,491
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+94.4%
$70,934 vs $36,491
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+108.7%
$119,309 vs $57,169

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

9
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
52%
$27,000 debt · $51,997 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
50%
$26,000 debt · $52,277 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
44%
$25,000 debt · $56,434 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
43%
$36,415 debt · $84,671 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
38%
$27,000 debt · $70,934 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
36%
$25,500 debt · $70,786 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
36%
$23,000 debt · $64,625 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
35%
$42,000 debt · $119,309 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1960Next review Aug 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 3

  1. Sep 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  2. Sep 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  3. Jun 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$24,155
$30–48k$21,978
$48–75k$20,296
$75–110k$21,839
$110k+$24,866

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$23,341
+$230vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $23,111
Federal loans
78.3%
In-state tuition
$33,000
Out-of-state
$33,000

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 445 students received $2.5M in Pell grants, alongside $6.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
445
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.5M
$2,458,686 total
Direct Loans
$6.3M
1,157 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.9M
463 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.2M
536 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.2M
82 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.0M
70 loan awards
Grad PLUS$81K
6 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 542 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (2.0%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.0%
-0.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
542
Defaulted
11
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
7.1%
2017
6.9%
2018
6.6%
2019
2.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Marian

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs74
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

360 total completions
01Health Professions
14440.0%
02Business
5816.1%
03Education
4111.4%
04Parks/Recreation
308.3%
05Security/Protective
308.3%
06Psychology
195.3%
07Public Admin
185.0%
08Biological Sciences
102.8%
09Multi/Interdisciplinary
71.9%
10Mathematics
30.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,246
12-mo unduplicated
1,758
Undergraduate
1,397
Graduate
361

Gender split

Men
32%565
Women
68%1,193

Race / ethnicity composition

White
67.7%
Hispanic
9.9%
Black
6.9%
Non-resident
5.4%
Unknown
3.7%
Two or more
3.2%
Asian
1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
347
169 M · 178 W
Women athletes
51.3%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$2.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$24K
$33K
Head-coach salaries
$42K
$36K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Soccer
32 M · 33 W
$354K
Ice Hockey
31 M · 29 W
$490K
Volleyball
18 M · 27 W
$219K
Baseball
41 M ·
$240K
Basketball
20 M · 16 W
$274K
Lacrosse
19 M · 16 W
$209K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.75
1 offenses · 1,340 students

3-year trend

1.882 yrs ago0.691 yr ago0.75Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
6
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs07
Liquor023

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
11.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
44

Marian vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Marian selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectMarian University
44%1,246$23,341Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Milwaukee School of Engineering
67%58.9%2,953$24,021Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Ohio Christian University
50%38.0%1,431$21,607Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Kettering University
71%78.7%1,466$33,092Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Malone University
45%75.9%1,256$22,881Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Ohio Dominican University
41%94.2%1,209$19,476Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median48%75.9%1,344$23,111

Frequently asked questions about Marian University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Marian.

What is the graduation rate at Marian University?

Marian University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 44% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Marian University?

Marian University reports a total enrollment of 1,246 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Marian University?

The average net price at Marian University is $23,341 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Marian University?

Marian University's yield rate is 18.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Marian University located?

Marian University is located in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin 54935-4699.

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