College Scorecard institution reportUNITID 148016 · June 10, 2026 release

ELSAH, IL · PRIVATE NONPROFIT

Principia College

Principia College reported a completion rate of 75.1% in the June 2026 College Scorecard release. Suppressed or unavailable federal measures remain unestimated and clearly marked as not reported.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College ScorecardPage compiled September 16, 2026Download source data ↗

Average net priceNot reportedAfter grants and scholarships for the defined Title IV cohort

Completion rate75.1%Completion within 150% of expected time

Median earningsNot reportedWorking graduates, four years after completion

Median federal debtNot reportedCompleters; suppressed when the cohort is too small

01 · Earnings after completion

How much do Principia College graduates earn?

Four-year median earnings were not reported for Principia College in this College Scorecard release.

Median earnings four years after completionNot reported

Median earnings five years after completionNot reported

The red marker shows the federal earnings threshold where available. Earnings cover graduates who were working and not enrolled; they do not include every former student.

02 · Cost after grant aid

What does Principia College cost after aid?

Principia College reported a Not reported average net price. Income-band net prices were not reported.

Average net price by family-income band
Federal income band	Average net price
No family-income net-price bands were reported.

Average net price is cost of attendance minus average grant and scholarship aid for the defined cohort. Your actual price depends on the institution’s aid offer.

03 · Student progress and aid

How many Principia College students complete and return?

Principia College reported a completion rate of 75.1%, a retention rate of 79.9%, a Pell-recipient share of 0.0%, and a federal-loan share of 0.0%.

Completion75.1%four-year institution; within 150% of expected time

Retention79.9%four-year institution; first-time, full-time students

Pell recipients0.0%share of undergraduate students

Federal loan share0.0%share of undergraduate students

These percentages have different denominators. Completion and retention describe first-time student cohorts; Pell and federal-loan shares describe undergraduate aid receipt.

04 · Federal student debt

How much federal debt do Principia College completers have?

Median federal debt for Principia College completers was not published in this release, so this page does not estimate or replace the missing value.

Not reported

Borrower repayment progress after four years: Not reported across a reported cohort of — undergraduate completers.

05 · Field-of-study evidence

Which Principia College programs have published outcomes?

No Principia College program met this site’s publication rule: at least 75 working graduates plus non-suppressed four-year earnings and median debt.

No program report is published.

The federal file may contain programs for this school, but none passed both the cohort-size and non-suppressed-data requirements used here.

A program page requires at least 75 working graduates plus published four-year earnings and median debt. This is our evidence threshold, not a federal rating.

06 · Nearby comparison set

Which Illinois institutions are similar to Principia College?

This report lists 6 other private nonprofit institutions in Illinois that match Principia College on state and control type; the set is not ranked.

DePaul UniversityChicago, IL$30,902 net price · $73,466 earnings Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL$36,079 net price · $73,865 earnings Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL$29,167 net price · $109,275 earnings University of ChicagoChicago, IL$14,860 net price · $127,757 earnings Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL$26,598 net price · $47,092 earnings National Louis UniversityChicago, IL$12,641 net price · $63,065 earnings

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