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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Location Milwaukee, WI
Population 1,300,000
Website http://www.alverno.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,370 (24%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (44%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 558
Men / Women 1% / 99%
Athletes 10.6%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 43%
White 27%
Black 17%
Asian 6%
Mixed 4%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Men: 0.8% 0.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2014 Native: 2.0% 2.0% 2015 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2016 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2018 Native: 2.1% 2.1% 2019 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Native: 4.7% 4.7% 2021 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 6.5% 6.5% 2012 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2013 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2014 Asian: 9.5% 9.5% 2015 Asian: 6.9% 6.9% 2016 Asian: 6.5% 6.5% 2017 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2018 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2019 Asian: 5.5% 5.5% 2020 Asian: 9.5% 9.5% 2021 Asian: 6.7% 6.7% 2022 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2023 Asian: 8.7% 8.7% 2024 Asian: 5.5% 5.5% 2011 Black: 23.5% 23.5% 2012 Black: 18.0% 18.0% 2013 Black: 19.6% 19.6% 2014 Black: 18.7% 18.7% 2015 Black: 21.2% 21.2% 2016 Black: 19.2% 19.2% 2017 Black: 24.4% 24.4% 2018 Black: 27.9% 27.9% 2019 Black: 17.9% 17.9% 2020 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2021 Black: 15.6% 15.6% 2022 Black: 15.1% 15.1% 2023 Black: 13.3% 13.3% 2024 Black: 14.2% 14.2% 2011 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2012 Hispanic: 14.9% 14.9% 2013 Hispanic: 20.0% 20.0% 2014 Hispanic: 18.7% 18.7% 2015 Hispanic: 16.9% 16.9% 2016 Hispanic: 24.9% 24.9% 2017 Hispanic: 28.0% 28.0% 2018 Hispanic: 22.6% 22.6% 2019 Hispanic: 27.4% 27.4% 2020 Hispanic: 32.1% 32.1% 2021 Hispanic: 30.8% 30.8% 2022 Hispanic: 30.2% 30.2% 2023 Hispanic: 40.3% 40.3% 2024 Hispanic: 41.5% 41.5% 2011 White: 58.8% 58.8% 2012 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2013 White: 53.0% 53.0% 2014 White: 51.2% 51.2% 2015 White: 53.2% 53.2% 2016 White: 40.4% 40.4% 2017 White: 37.8% 37.8% 2018 White: 39.5% 39.5% 2019 White: 45.3% 45.3% 2020 White: 42.1% 42.1% 2021 White: 40.2% 40.2% 2022 White: 44.0% 44.0% 2023 White: 31.1% 31.1% 2024 White: 35.0% 35.0% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2021 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2022 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2023 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2024 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2025 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 Black: 13.3% 13.3% 2021 Black: 13.1% 13.1% 2022 Black: 13.8% 13.8% 2023 Black: 16.4% 16.4% 2024 Black: 15.7% 15.7% 2025 Black: 17.0% 17.0% 2020 Hispanic: 34.5% 34.5% 2021 Hispanic: 36.5% 36.5% 2022 Hispanic: 38.6% 38.6% 2023 Hispanic: 42.6% 42.6% 2024 Hispanic: 44.3% 44.3% 2025 Hispanic: 43.2% 43.2% 2020 White: 40.4% 40.4% 2021 White: 39.4% 39.4% 2022 White: 36.0% 36.0% 2023 White: 30.6% 30.6% 2024 White: 28.4% 28.4% 2025 White: 26.7% 26.7% 2020 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 International: 0.5% 0.5%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Alverno College 136 3% / 97% 0% $56,580 47 96%
Mathematics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Biology 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,297 31 94%
Biomedical Sciences 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,297 31 94%
Environmental Science — — — — $54,541 41 —
Natural Sciences 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,124 43 —
Exercise Science — — — — $54,699 41 —
Health Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,522 47 —
Health Sciences 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,674 58 —
Nursing 23 — 0% / 100% 0% $82,454 87 97%
Pre-Pharmacy Sciences — — — — $116,421 99 —
Accounting — — — — $70,887 77 —
Business Administration 16 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,275 67 96%
Communication 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,740 62 97%
English 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,123 25 —
Global Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,925 45 —
History — — — — $47,126 19 —
Liberal Arts 12 — 17% / 83% 0% $50,197 28 90%
Liberal Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,197 28 90%
Psychology 12 +1 0% / 100% 0% $42,367 11 89%
Social Work 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,979 24 —
Sociology 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Bilingual Education — — — — $49,519 26 —
Early Childhood Education 15 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,909 21 100%
Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,013 22 —
Elementary Education 18 — 11% / 89% 0% $47,909 21 100%
English Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,071 25 —
Junior High/Middle School Education — — — — $47,640 21 —
Secondary Education — +1 — — $47,640 21 —
Art 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,233 10 —
Art 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,100 10 —
Art Teacher Education — — — — $50,881 30 —
Art Therapy 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,963 42 100%
Design and Applied Arts — — — — $45,855 17 —
Music Therapy 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,963 42 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $36,472
ROI Percentile 47th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 61%
4-Year Graduation Rate 29%
6-Year Graduation Rate 49%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 40.4% 40.4% 2012 Graduated: 38.8% 38.8% 2013 Graduated: 38.5% 38.5% 2014 Graduated: 35.7% 35.7% 2015 Graduated: 41.6% 41.6% 2016 Graduated: 42.0% 42.0% 2017 Graduated: 45.1% 45.1% 2018 Graduated: 40.5% 40.5% 2019 Graduated: 48.8% 48.8% 2020 Graduated: 43.2% 43.2% 2021 Graduated: 47.8% 47.8% 2022 Graduated: 52.8% 52.8% 2023 Graduated: 50.5% 50.5% 2024 Graduated: 49.2% 49.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Women: 40.4% 40.4% 2012 Women: 38.8% 38.8% 2013 Women: 38.5% 38.5% 2014 Women: 35.7% 35.7% 2015 Women: 41.6% 41.6% 2016 Women: 42.0% 42.0% 2017 Women: 45.1% 45.1% 2018 Women: 40.5% 40.5% 2019 Women: 48.8% 48.8% 2020 Women: 43.2% 43.2% 2021 Women: 47.8% 47.8% 2022 Women: 52.8% 52.8% 2023 Women: 50.5% 50.5% 2024 Women: 49.2% 49.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 35.3% 35.3% 2012 Asian: 37.5% 37.5% 2013 Asian: 18.8% 18.8% 2014 Asian: 41.7% 41.7% 2015 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2017 Asian: 42.9% 42.9% 2018 Asian: 57.1% 57.1% 2019 Asian: 27.3% 27.3% 2020 Asian: 33.3% 33.3% 2021 Asian: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Asian: 37.5% 37.5% 2023 Asian: 52.9% 52.9% 2024 Asian: 40.0% 40.0% 2011 Black: 21.3% 21.3% 2012 Black: 23.9% 23.9% 2013 Black: 24.5% 24.5% 2014 Black: 31.9% 31.9% 2015 Black: 18.4% 18.4% 2016 Black: 21.3% 21.3% 2017 Black: 38.3% 38.3% 2018 Black: 22.6% 22.6% 2019 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2020 Black: 15.8% 15.8% 2021 Black: 28.6% 28.6% 2022 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2023 Black: 19.2% 19.2% 2024 Black: 26.9% 26.9% 2011 Hispanic: 44.4% 44.4% 2012 Hispanic: 34.2% 34.2% 2013 Hispanic: 46.3% 46.3% 2014 Hispanic: 29.8% 29.8% 2015 Hispanic: 43.6% 43.6% 2016 Hispanic: 44.3% 44.3% 2017 Hispanic: 44.4% 44.4% 2018 Hispanic: 44.2% 44.2% 2019 Hispanic: 47.3% 47.3% 2020 Hispanic: 47.5% 47.5% 2021 Hispanic: 47.8% 47.8% 2022 Hispanic: 58.3% 58.3% 2023 Hispanic: 49.4% 49.4% 2024 Hispanic: 55.3% 55.3% 2011 White: 48.4% 48.4% 2012 White: 44.4% 44.4% 2013 White: 43.4% 43.4% 2014 White: 38.8% 38.8% 2015 White: 49.6% 49.6% 2016 White: 52.5% 52.5% 2017 White: 50.7% 50.7% 2018 White: 49.3% 49.3% 2019 White: 61.5% 61.5% 2020 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2022 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2023 White: 62.3% 62.3% 2024 White: 56.2% 56.2%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Education 28.7% 39 5% / 95% 0% $47,952 22 100%
Humanities & Social Sciences 27.9% 38 5% / 95% 0% $48,214 22 90%
Health Sciences 18.4% 25 0% / 100% 0% $80,546 86 97%
Business & Economics 11.8% 16 0% / 100% 0% $65,275 67 96%
Arts 6.6% 9 0% / 100% 0% $49,261 25 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.4% 6 0% / 100% 0% $51,297 31 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 2 0% / 100% 0% $55,124 43 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.7% 1 0% / 100% 0% — — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $0.1M #542 100% — — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — — — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — — — — — —
Education — — — — 34 #117 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.1M #614 100% — 34 #311 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 65% 65%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 81.9% 81.9% 2012 Acceptance: 65.0% 65.0% 2013 Acceptance: 78.9% 78.9% 2014 Acceptance: 65.2% 65.2% 2015 Acceptance: 77.2% 77.2% 2016 Acceptance: 80.2% 80.2% 2017 Acceptance: 89.4% 89.4% 2018 Acceptance: 69.8% 69.8% 2019 Acceptance: 69.4% 69.4% 2020 Acceptance: 78.2% 78.2% 2021 Acceptance: 90.8% 90.8% 2022 Acceptance: 89.9% 89.9% 2023 Acceptance: 93.1% 93.1% 2024 Acceptance: 85.7% 85.7% 2011 Yield: 46.0% 46.0% 2012 Yield: 47.6% 47.6% 2013 Yield: 45.3% 45.3% 2014 Yield: 46.4% 46.4% 2015 Yield: 48.8% 48.8% 2016 Yield: 32.6% 32.6% 2017 Yield: 38.3% 38.3% 2018 Yield: 36.8% 36.8% 2019 Yield: 31.7% 31.7% 2020 Yield: 21.6% 21.6% 2021 Yield: 18.7% 18.7% 2022 Yield: 22.7% 22.7% 2023 Yield: 24.2% 24.2% 2024 Yield: 16.6% 16.6%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 529 529 2012 Applicants: 643 643 2013 Applicants: 582 582 2014 Applicants: 655 655 2015 Applicants: 613 613 2016 Applicants: 642 642 2017 Applicants: 576 576 2018 Applicants: 728 728 2019 Applicants: 777 777 2020 Applicants: 758 758 2021 Applicants: 666 666 2022 Applicants: 652 652 2023 Applicants: 667 667 2024 Applicants: 624 624 2011 Admitted: 433 433 2012 Admitted: 418 418 2013 Admitted: 459 459 2014 Admitted: 427 427 2015 Admitted: 473 473 2016 Admitted: 515 515 2017 Admitted: 515 515 2018 Admitted: 508 508 2019 Admitted: 539 539 2020 Admitted: 593 593 2021 Admitted: 605 605 2022 Admitted: 586 586 2023 Admitted: 621 621 2024 Admitted: 535 535 2011 Enrolled: 199 199 2012 Enrolled: 199 199 2013 Enrolled: 208 208 2014 Enrolled: 198 198 2015 Enrolled: 231 231 2016 Enrolled: 168 168 2017 Enrolled: 197 197 2018 Enrolled: 187 187 2019 Enrolled: 171 171 2020 Enrolled: 128 128 2021 Enrolled: 113 113 2022 Enrolled: 133 133 2023 Enrolled: 150 150 2024 Enrolled: 89 89

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
700 800 900 1000 1100 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 770 770 2015 75th: 1050 1050

SAT Math

25th 75th
350 400 450 500 550 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 365 365 2015 75th: 490 490

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 405 405 2015 75th: 560 560

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 92.0% 92.0% 2012 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2013 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2014 Submitted: 92.0% 92.0% 2015 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.