Edgewood University

Rankings

• #3 Best Nursing Colleges in Wisconsin
• #7 Best Communications Colleges in Wisconsin
• #10 Best Biology Colleges in Wisconsin
• #13 Best Colleges in Wisconsin
• #14 Best Education Colleges in Wisconsin
• #14 Best Psychology Colleges in Wisconsin
• #18 Best Online Colleges in Wisconsin
• #18 Best Business Colleges in Wisconsin

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Edgewood University? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Edgewood University, located in Madison, Wisconsin, admits most of the students who apply; the acceptance rate is roughly 76%. The graduation rate is roughly 64%.

Acceptance Rate

76%

Retention Rate

73%

Full-Time Faculty

39%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$7,213

Student–Faculty Ratio

12:1

Diversity Index

0.39

First-Gen Students

28%

Applicants

1,300

Admitted

1,282

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Edgewood University? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Edgewood University is $35,860, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $26,113. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $22,291 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $24,424 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$35,860

Out-of-State

$35,860

Avg Net Price

$26,113

Median Debt

$24,424

Pell Grant Rate

26%

Federal Loan Rate

57%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Edgewood University — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Edgewood University Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Edgewood University earn a median of $59,728, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$53,843

8 Years

$55,941

10 Years

$59,728

Debt-to-Earnings

0.41x

Earning > $25K

75%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Edgewood University Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Edgewood University is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.24%, well above the typical college. About 5.9% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 20.9% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $93,300, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.24%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

20.9%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

5.9%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$126,762

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Edgewood University? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Edgewood University. Its economic connectedness score is 1.77, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.01), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 8% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.77

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.01

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

8.1%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$4,040,484

Investment Income

$-2,890,560

Top Programs

The fields Edgewood University awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Health Professions 38% $78,197 early-career
• Business & Marketing 14% $61,170 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 11% $37,842 early-career
• Education 7% $48,282 early-career
• Psychology 5% $36,378 early-career
• Social Sciences 4%
• Communications 4% $48,296 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 3% $65,959 early-career

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.