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University or college · Private nonprofit

Aquinas College

Grand Rapids, MI26 online only

Aquinas College is a private nonprofit college in Grand Rapids, MI, with about 1,269 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,269
plus 26 studying only online
Admission rate
90%
higher than at 76% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$16,626
lower than at 65% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
65%
higher than at 69% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$49,584
higher than at 70% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Aquinas College?

90%

of applicants admitted

About 18 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
470–590
SAT math
440–550
ACT
20–26

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1025.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $51,652 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $40,218Room & board $11,680Books & supplies $1,133

After grants, the average family on aid pays $16,626.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$13,594

About $54,376 over 4 years · 74% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
65%
within 6 years · Pell students 62%
Come back for year two
78%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$49,584
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$23,000
about $244 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

7.3%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$244 a month against about $3,347 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

62%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 77% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$42k
Middle income$30–75k
$50k
Higher incomeover $75k
$56k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Business 27%Parks, recreation & fitness 10%Education 9%Health professions 9%Psychology 8%Social sciences 8%Everything else 29%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Business Administration, Management and Operations46 graduates a year · typical debt $20,000
$74k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods35 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
—not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness21 graduates a year · typical debt $21,000
$52k4 yrs out
Psychology, General18 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$46k4 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities15 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$46k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services12 graduates a year
$76k4 yrs out
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General10 graduates a year
—not reported
Business/Corporate Communications10 graduates a year · typical debt $21,500
$43k1 yr out
Who goes there

The students

1,083 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 74%Hispanic 9%Black 3%Asian 2%Two or more 5%International 4%

Women and men

Women 52%Men 48%
10 : 1
students per teacher
24%
get Pell grants (lower income)
69%
take federal loans
5%
undergrads 25 or older
7%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Grand Rapids

8% of Grand Rapids’s 201,183 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Grand Rapids pages.

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Straight-line distances from Aquinas College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.