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Aquinas College

Grand Rapids, MI · Private · Midsize city · AQ

Private institution in Grand Rapids, MI · 1,201 undergraduates · 71% acceptance rate · $49,584 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$18,902983rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$38,5201,594th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$38,5201,554th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$49,0181,448th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$23,000990th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$49,5841,089th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$40,1611,210th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
62.5%677th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
73.6%1,037th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
71.1%633rd most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
1087743rd highest of 1,022 reporting
Median ACT
23493rd highest of 952 reporting

Campus

Undergraduates
1,2011,257th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
23.0%1,546th highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 127 mi (DTW)

On 1 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Applying

Common App member
Yes
Application fee
Free
Personal essay
Optional / not required
Writing supplement
No

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Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 55 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Accounting and Related ServicesBusinessbachelors$46,087$41,338
Business/Corporate CommunicationsBusinessbachelors$41,789$41,193
Sustainability StudiesMultidisciplinary Studiesbachelors$41,565$38,871
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusinessbachelors$40,095$40,821
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasEducationbachelors$39,369—
MathematicsMathematics & Statisticsbachelors$37,208—
Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciencesbachelors$35,600—
Communication and Media StudiesCommunicationsbachelors$32,711$33,281
Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsForeign Languagesbachelors$32,569$33,281
Community Organization and AdvocacyPublic Administrationbachelors$31,852$37,568
Health and Physical Education/FitnessParks, Recreation & Fitnessbachelors$30,228$33,993
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Artsbachelors$29,685$25,596

Campus facts

Athletics — 14 sports

NAIA Division II · NAIA

Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $2,225,649 (M $1,244,662 · W $954,802 · Coed $26,185)

Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Aquinas College’s 1,201 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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