Aurora University Overview

Aurora University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Aurora, Illinois. Aurora is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Aurora University Known For?

• The highest award offered at Aurora is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 24% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Aurora makes roughly $58,709 a year. This is 44% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Aurora University?

Contact details for Aurora are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	347 S Gladstone Ave, Aurora, IL 60506-4892
Phone:	630-892-6431
Website:	aurora.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/aurorauniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/aurorau

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How Do I Get Into Aurora?

You can apply to Aurora online at: https://aurora.edu/admission/apply

Admission Requirements for Aurora

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	5
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Aurora?

Aurora has an acceptance rate of 82%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Aurora submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 608. Math scores were between 480 and 590.

Aurora received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Aurora University?

The overall average net price of Aurora is $28,336. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Aurora, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $5,788 a year. That adds up to $23,152 over four years for those students.

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Aurora University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,158 undergraduate students at Aurora, with 3,822 being full-time and 336 being part-time.

There are also 2,107 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,822 full-time undergraduates at Aurora, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Aurora University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	123
Black or African American	237
Hispanic or Latino	1,400
White	1,665
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	372

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Aurora University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at Aurora. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Latvia, and Germany.

Aurora University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Social Work	175	25	584	17	801
Business Administration & Management	163	0	98	0	261
Nursing	216	0	0	0	216
Teacher Education Grade Specific	83	0	24	0	107
General Psychology	102	0	0	0	102
Educational Administration	0	0	67	31	98
Criminal Justice & Corrections	76	0	11	0	87
Health & Physical Education	52	0	23	0	75
Marketing	47	0	10	0	57
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	38	13	51
Health/Medical Prep Programs	44	0	0	0	44
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	44	0	0	0	44
Finance & Financial Management	35	0	0	0	35
Communication & Media Studies	25	0	0	0	25
Allied Health Professions	0	0	25	0	25
Computer Science	24	0	0	0	24
Liberal Arts General Studies	23	0	0	0	23
Mathematics	13	0	7	0	20
Accounting	19	0	0	0	19
Public Administration	0	0	19	0	19
Instructional Media Design	0	0	18	0	18
Special Education	18	0	0	0	18
Design & Applied Arts	18	0	0	0	18
General Biology	16	0	0	0	16
History	16	0	0	0	16
Political Science & Government	16	0	0	0	16
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13	0	0	0	13
General English Literature	9	0	0	0	9
Natural Resources Conservation	9	0	0	0	9
Information Technology	8	0	0	0	8
Romance Languages	8	0	0	0	8
Recreation Administration	7	0	0	0	7
Sociology	7	0	0	0	7
Drama & Theater Arts	7	0	0	0	7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2	0	0	0	2
Music	2	0	0	0	2
Philosophy	1	0	0	0	1
Computer Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,298	25	924	61	2,308

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.