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Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·marquette.edu
6-yr Graduation
83%
+8.0pp vs R2 Research
Total enrollment
11,746
peer median 11,126
Avg net price
$31,487
+$313 vs R2 Research
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Admissions & acceptance rate

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

IPEDS
Applied
18,701
18,701 candidates competed
Admitted
15,212
81.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
2,149
14.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
83%+8.0pp vs R2 Research
4-year graduation
69%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
83%
Full-time retention
91%

Pell equity

9.1pp gap
Pell recipients
76%350 of 459
Non-Pell (all)
85%1449 of 1703
Subsidized loan, no Pell
85%440 of 518
No Federal Aid
85%1009 of 1185

Non-Pell students graduate at a 9.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

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

FVT/GE

Of 150 Title IV programs, 48 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 102 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
150
Passing
48
32.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

150programs
  • Passing48 · 32.0%
  • No Data102 · 68.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
46
No data
102

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.

48
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+5.3%
$63,310 vs $60,112
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+15.3%
$69,306 vs $60,112
Communication and Media Studies
Master's Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+31.0%
$76,959 vs $58,761
Educational Administration and Supervision
Master's Degree · Education
+39.5%
$64,699 vs $46,391
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+41.0%
$84,737 vs $60,112
Law
First Professional Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
+56.1%
$85,116 vs $54,534
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+60.3%
$55,795 vs $34,808
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+63.6%
$56,955 vs $34,808

Debt vs earnings

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

38
Law
First Professional Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
164%
$139,315 debt · $85,116 earn
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
134%
$245,452 debt · $183,642 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
81%
$101,290 debt · $124,971 earn
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
81%
$51,171 debt · $63,310 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
67%
$67,595 debt · $100,891 earn
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
60%
$41,304 debt · $69,306 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
55%
$46,500 debt · $84,737 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
47%
$27,000 debt · $56,955 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1922Next review Aug 2034

Programmatic accreditations · 24

Action history · 46

  1. Aug 2025Initial Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Post Doctoral - Advanced dental education programs (advanced education in general dentistry and general practice residency)
  2. Jul 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. Jan 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  4. Oct 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
  5. Aug 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$22,269
$30–48k$18,916
$48–75k$27,378
$75–110k$32,374
$110k+$36,813

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

Avg net price (private)
$31,487
+$313vs R2 Research median $31,174
Federal loans
38.4%
In-state tuition
$51,170
Out-of-state
$51,170

Federal aid volume & trends

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

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,778 students received $10.6M in Pell grants, alongside $126.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,778
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$10.6M
$10,569,451 total
Direct Loans
$126.7M
8,632 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$8.3M
1,892 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$10.7M
2,664 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$43.4M
1,944 loan awards
Parent PLUS$25.2M
957 loan awards
Grad PLUS$39.0M
1,175 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.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,946 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.5%
-1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,946
Defaulted
11
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.0%
2017
1.5%
2018
1.5%
2019
0.5%
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 Marquette

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs136
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,936 total completions
01Health Professions
83628.5%
02Business
68623.4%
03Biological Sciences
29610.1%
04Social Sciences
2538.6%
05Engineering
1856.3%
06Legal Professions
1745.9%
07Psychology
1505.1%
08Communication
1364.6%
09Computer Sciences
1264.3%
10Education
943.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
11,746
12-mo unduplicated
12,825
Undergraduate
8,627
Graduate
4,198

Gender split

Men
42%5,420
Women
58%7,405

Race / ethnicity composition

White
66.5%
Hispanic
15.9%
Asian
6.4%
Black
5.4%
Two or more
3.5%
Non-resident
1.3%
Unknown
0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

EADA
Athletes
329
173 M · 156 W
Women athletes
47.4%
Athletic aid
$6.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$44.6M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.9M
$3.6M
Recruiting expense
$1.0M
$267K
Head-coach salaries
$748K
$169K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
102 M · 106 W
$857K
Lacrosse
53 M · 40 W
$3.9M
Soccer
33 M · 32 W
$3.1M
Basketball
20 M · 12 W
$24.8M
Tennis
10 M · 8 W
$651K
Volleyball
— · 16 W
$2.5M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
5.72
65 offenses · 11,373 students

3-year trend

5.302 yrs ago6.631 yr ago5.72Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
199
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
37
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
7
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
5

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
31
Aggravated assault
15
Rape
5
Robbery
4
Burglary
4
Fondling
4
Arson
2

By location

65total
  • On campus29
  • Non-campus2
  • Public property34

Includes 8 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

10
Domestic violence
9
Dating violence
2
Stalking
21 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons80
Drugs1842
Liquor11417

Residence-hall fires

  • Schroeder Hall1 fire
    ElectricalDamage $100-$999

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
672

Marquette vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Marquette selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
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
SubjectMarquette University
83%—11,746$31,487R2 Research
University of Dayton
80%65.4%10,506$29,533R2 Research
Illinois Institute of Technology
75%54.9%8,834$18,425R2 Research
Loyola University Chicago
75%81.6%17,384$36,079R2 Research
DePaul University
68%75.9%21,210$30,902R2 Research
Seton Hall University
69%73.3%9,571$31,446R2 Research
Peer group median75%73.3%11,126$31,174

Institutions like Marquette

Explore the federal data for institutions in Marquette's comparison group.

IPEDS

Marquette Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research & Analysis
Reports to Office of Academic Effectiveness
Email
oira [at] marquette.edu
Phone
414-288-5330
Address
Zilber Hall, 203, 1250 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233

The Office of Institutional Research and Analysis connects Marquette University stakeholders with accurate, reliable, and actionable information to enable effective decision making in support of student success.

Visit IR office page
Team
6 members
  • Laura MacBride
    Director of Student Success Analytics
  • Amanda Cook
    Associate Director of Enrollment and Faculty Analytics
  • Ruth Sarafin
    Data Scientist
  • Zoe Hobbs
    Data Scientist
  • Dan Hamrin
    Systems Analyst
  • Kyran Hombsch
    Data Analyst

Common Data Set

Marquette's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Frequently asked questions about Marquette University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Marquette.

What is the graduation rate at Marquette University?

Marquette University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 83% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Marquette University?

Marquette University reports a total enrollment of 11,746 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Marquette University?

The average net price at Marquette University is $31,487 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Marquette University?

Marquette University's yield rate is 14.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Marquette University located?

Marquette University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233.

Who runs Institutional Research at Marquette University?

Marquette University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research & Analysis, which reports to Office of Academic Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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