McKendree University
McKendree University admitted 72% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $18,457 a year. Within six years, 51% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 72%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $50,105 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $18,457 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,238 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $35,430 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 51%
- Students who return for a second year
- 67%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $63,391 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,593
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,752
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 38%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 28%
- Health professions
- 18%
- Education
- 15%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 12%
- Social sciences
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Calvary University MO · 72% admitted
- Hastings College NE · 72% admitted
- Clarke University IA · 72% admitted
- Evangel University MO · 72% admitted
- Kentucky Wesleyan College KY · 72% admitted
- Stetson University FL · 72% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.