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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?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$28,336 Avg Cost After Aid
86% Acceptance Rate
  • The 2% student loan default rate at Aurora is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at Aurora is the doctor's degree.
  • In <nil>, 26% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Aurora with a bachelor's degree make about $53,159 a year. That's 30% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Aurora University?

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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

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 Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Aurora?

86% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
35% Submit SAT Scores
Aurora has the high acceptance rate of 86%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 35% 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 480 and 570. Math scores were between 480 and 560.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Aurora University  ( 480 to 570 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Aurora University  ( 480 to 560 )
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800
Aurora received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

ACT English Scores for Aurora University  ( 17 to 24 )
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ACT Math Scores for Aurora University  ( 17 to 25 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Aurora University  ( 19 to 24 )
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Can I Afford Aurora University?

$28,336 Net Price
56% Take Out Loans
1.6% Loan Default Rate
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 56% of students took out student loans averaging $5,739 a year. That adds up to $22,956 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Aurora is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Aurora University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,779 Full-Time Undergraduates
66% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,114 undergraduate students at Aurora, with 3,779 being full-time and 335 being part-time.

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There are also 2,051 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,779 full-time undergraduates at Aurora, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 117
Black or African American 205
Hispanic or Latino 1,451
White 1,626
International Students 23
Other Races/Ethnicities 357

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.

Online Learning at Aurora University

1,638 Took All Classes Online
2,123 Took At Least One Class Online
119.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 2,123 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Aurora has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 48th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Aurora

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Aurora University was 119.9%. This is the #380 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Aurora regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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