Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI · Private nonprofit81.3%
Acceptance rate
1,306
SAT Average
$29,237
Avg net price
7,238
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,546Master’s 822Doctoral 463 |
| Bachelor’s 360Master’s 145Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 281Master’s 9Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 168Master’s 461Doctoral 207 |
| Bachelor’s 164Master’s 19Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 140Master’s 22Doctoral 23 |
| Bachelor’s 111Master’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 89Master’s 19Doctoral 13 |
| Bachelor’s 49Master’s 38Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 42Master’s 39Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 9Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 6Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s 4Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 11Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s 10Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s 5Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral 174 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 5Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big East Conference
Projected sponsored sports17
Athletic participation
329 unique student-athletes · 12 varsity teams
Early Action
Students interested in the Honors Program should apply Early Action.
Regular Decision
Rolling admission
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $50,070
- Required fees
- $1,100
- Food and housing
- $16,490
- Books and supplies
- $720
- Other expenses
- $3,439
- Total
- $71,819
- $60,5002019–2019–20
- $62,6882020–2120–21
- $63,2622021–2221–22
- $64,5622022–2322–23
- $68,4302023–2423–24
- $71,8192024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $29,237 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 58%
- Average share of need met
- 85.8%
- Average need-based grant
- $37,500
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Marquette University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Marquette University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Marquette University runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Marquette University admits in-state applicants at 77.1%, out-of-state applicants at 79.7%, and international applicants at 65.4%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,913 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 37% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
15% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
26% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Marquette University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 24% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.60
High-school class rank
Among the 24% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Marquette University rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Marquette University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $73,290 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $29,237 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,105 of 1,913 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $73,290
Averages among the 1,105 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Marquette University offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Marquette University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
91.3% of Marquette University’s first-years return for a second year and 80.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03