Millikin University Overview

Located in Decatur, Illinois, Millikin University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Millikin University Known For?

• Students at Millikin may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Millikin is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 71% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Millikin with a bachelor's degree make about $42,900 a year. That's 5% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Millikin student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Millikin University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Millikin.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Most Popular Other Visual Art Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#115	Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#143	Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Millikin has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed Graduates	College Factual
#3	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Educational Administration Graduates	College Factual
#27	Highest Paid Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Graduates	College Factual
#56	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Early Childhood Education Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Millikin University?

Contact details for Millikin are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1184 W Main St, Decatur, IL 62522-2084
Phone:	217-424-6211
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/MillikinU

How Do I Get Into Millikin?

You can apply to Millikin online at: https://millikin.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Millikin

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Millikin?

Millikin has an acceptance rate of 71%, 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 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 67% of students accepted to Millikin submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 590. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

Millikin received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 28. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford Millikin University?

The overall average net price of Millikin is $33,672. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Millikin, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $7,050 a year. That adds up to $28,200 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Millikin is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Millikin University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,875 undergraduate students at Millikin, with 1,784 being full-time and 91 being part-time.

There are also 107 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,784 full-time undergraduates at Millikin, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	29
Black or African American	239
Hispanic or Latino	72
White	1,228
International Students	70
Other Races/Ethnicities	146

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Millikin University. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Millikin. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Rwanda, and France.

Online Learning at Millikin University

In 2019-2020, 1,769 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 65th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Millikin

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Millikin University was 334.4%. This is the #203 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Millikin 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%.

Millikin University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	2	30	26	0	58
Nursing	0	45	0	10	55
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	31	0	0	31
Music	1	30	0	0	31
Drama & Theater Arts	0	30	0	0	30
Health & Physical Education	0	24	0	0	24
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	23	0	0	23
Other Visual Art	0	19	0	0	19
General Biology	0	18	0	0	18
Communication & Media Studies	0	18	0	0	18
Accounting	0	14	0	0	14
Marketing	1	11	0	0	12
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	12	0	0	12
Social Work	0	10	0	0	10
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	9	0	0	9
Management Information Systems	5	4	0	0	9
General Psychology	0	9	0	0	9
Sociology	0	9	0	0	9
Writing Studies	0	8	0	0	8
Chemistry	0	8	0	0	8
Fine & Studio Arts	0	8	0	0	8
Educational Administration	2	5	0	0	7
Design & Applied Arts	0	6	0	0	6
Romance Languages	0	5	0	0	5
Mathematics	0	5	0	0	5
Philosophy	0	4	0	0	4
General English Literature	0	3	0	0	3
Allied Health Professions	0	3	0	0	3
History	0	3	0	0	3
Natural Resources Conservation	0	3	0	0	3
Political Science & Government	0	3	0	0	3
Finance & Financial Management	0	2	0	0	2
International Business	0	2	0	0	2
Computational Science	0	2	0	0	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	2	0	0	2
Physics	0	2	0	0	2
Special Education	0	1	0	0	1
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	1	0	0	1
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Science	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0
Dance	0	0	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	11	422	26	10	469

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
• Image Credit: By Paris25 under License

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