Private nonprofit · University
Rush University
Chicago, Illinois · Large city
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- Graduation rate
- $75,194
- Median earnings
Rush University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Chicago, Illinois (large city setting), enrolling 138 undergraduates.
About Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. The first known permanent settler in Chicago was a trader, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African descent, perhaps born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), and he established the settlement in the 1780s. He is commonly known as the "Founder of Chicago". Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $670.5 billion according to September 2017 estimates. The city has also been rated as having the most balanced economy in the United States, due to its high level of diversification. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 2 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub
How Rush University compares
Higher than 88% · #9 of 66 in Illinois
Lower than 60%
Lower than 76%
Larger than 10%
Percentiles compare Rush University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate1385%
- Graduate2,63195%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women10173%
- Men3727%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White28%
- Black22%
- Hispanic34%
- Asian8.7%
- Other or multiracial8.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 138
- Graduate enrollment
- 2,631
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Students over 25
- 62%
- Median family income
- $30,382
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $123,183
- Endowment
- $905,797,000
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $86,865
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $75,194
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,988
- Students with federal loans
- 47%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 81%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $40
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- D
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 8.8 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 37
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 36
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (2,769 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $75,194
- Typical debt at graduation
- $21,988
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 29%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 88%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Women out-earn men by $7,105 (10%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 81°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 34.4″
- Annual snow
- 38.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Northerly IS, IL US station (3.3 mi from campus).
What Rush University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.