Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, Michigan · Also known as AQ · Website
$49,584
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$49,584
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Aquinas College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Grand Rapids, Michigan with 1,083 undergraduates and 69 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $16,626 a year (tuition and fees $40,218). It admits 90% of applicants and 65% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $49,584 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $23,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$16,626
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$40,218
US median $11,837
Admission rate
90%
US median 78%
Completion rate
65%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$23,000
About $244 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$49,584
Rank 1,507 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $16,626
- Tuition and fees
- $40,218
- Cost of attendance
- $51,652
- Students with a need-based grant
- 24%
- Students with federal loans
- 69%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $10,725
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $11,222
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $13,594
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $15,468
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $21,093
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $28,820 in 2015-16 to $40,218 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 90%
- Average SAT
- 1,025
- SAT reading, middle
- 555
- SAT math, middle
- 530
- ACT, middle
- 23
- Undergraduates
- 1,083
- Graduate students
- 69
- Part-time students
- 7.3%
- Women
- 52%
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Completion rate
- 65%
- Retention rate
- 78%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 70
- Endowment
- $46.7M
- Other
- Religious affiliation
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,507 of 5,094 US colleges and 35 of 145 in Michigan (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MI median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $16,626 | $17,194 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $40,218 | $15,221 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 90% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 65% | 59% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 78% | 70% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $23,000 | $13,000 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $40,161 | $32,840 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $49,584 | $36,115 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 62% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 69% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
70 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 46 | $20,000 | $44,913 | $74,404 | $68,257 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 35 | $27,000 | $45,713 | Withheld | $47,382 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's | Bachelor's | 21 | $21,000 | $27,301 | $51,806 | $54,562 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | $27,000 | $31,789 | $45,698 | $50,706 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $27,000 | $33,555 | $46,148 | $53,072 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherMaster's | Master's | 13 | Withheld | $59,820 | $73,968 | $96,656 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | Withheld | $63,311 | $76,274 | $76,194 |
| Education, GeneralMaster's | Master's | 11 | Withheld | $62,596 | $62,833 | $65,824 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $61,296 |
| Business/Corporate CommunicationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | $21,500 | $49,378 | Withheld | $65,784 |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $52,657 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,293 |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | $20,457 | $31,817 | $48,075 | $56,359 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $59,571 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $69,562 |
| Sustainability StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | $29,399 | $60,285 | $57,887 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $51,389 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,000 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,590 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | $24,451 | $31,787 | $51,002 | $57,214 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,240 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | $22,964 | $17,827 | $39,465 | $48,471 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,367 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Aquinas College cost?
$16,626 a year is the average net price at Aquinas College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $40,218, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $51,652. Families earning under $30,000 pay $10,725 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Aquinas College?
90% of applicants are admitted to Aquinas College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,025 and the middle ACT score is 23. The median admission rate of colleges in Michigan is 81%.
How much do Aquinas College graduates earn?
$49,584 a year is the median pay of former Aquinas College students who work, 10 years after they started ($40,161 after 6 years). That ranks 1,507 of 5,094 US colleges and 35 of 145 in Michigan. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's) at $63,311.
How much student debt do Aquinas College graduates have?
$23,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Aquinas College graduates, about $244 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 69% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Aquinas College?
65% of first-time, full-time students at Aquinas College finish within 6 years. 78% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Aquinas College?
Business Administration, Management and Operations (46 bachelor's graduates), Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (35 bachelor's graduates), Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (21 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 70 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.