McKendree University
Lebanon, IL
McKendree University is a private, United Methodist university in Lebanon, Illinois, a suburb of a large city, with 1,752 undergraduates. Kinesiology and education are its signature fields: together they make up 19% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 53% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $58,572 ten years after starting.
McKendree University admitted 1,694 of 2,652 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (63.9%).
- Acceptance rate
- 63.9%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $34,740
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $24,717
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What McKendree University is known for
Measured by the 342 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Kinesiology
9.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 2.6% share across the colleges we cover.
Education
9.1%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations5114.9% of degrees$61,173−10% vs $68,257 nationally
- Psychology349.9% of degrees$37,892−25% vs $50,706 nationally
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness329.4% of degrees$52,784About the $54,562 national median
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing277.9% of degrees$79,916−10% vs $88,910 nationally
- Biopsychology216.1% of degrees$58,057About the $57,825 national median
- Marketing195.6% of degrees$65,696−5% vs $69,303 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Lebanon, IL
Undergraduates
1,752
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, medium programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
16 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
10%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at McKendree University
Two things McKendree University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
McKendree University reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $24,717 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
63.9%
1,694 admitted of 2,652 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at McKendree University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What McKendree University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $34,740, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $48,845. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $24,717 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$34,740
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$48,845
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$24,717
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $48,845 full cost.
- Under $30k$21,928Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$21,432Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$21,041Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$28,333Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$29,066Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
53%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
67%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$58,572
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What McKendree University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scores
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 28, 2027
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in Illinois
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of St Francis63.9%
- Augustana College67.6%
- Eastern Illinois University67.8%
- Lake Forest College59.4%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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