Statement · Elsah, IL
Principia College
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What families pay after grants and aid was not reported.
Earnings ten years after entering were not reported.
74% of students finish within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment, 2023
- 376
What it costs
The sticker cost is not reported; what families at each income paid after aid is not reported.
Statement of cost · Principia College
- Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
- not reported
- What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
- not reported
- Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
- not reported
- In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
- $34,680
Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.
Net price by family income
Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.
not reported for any income bracket
Table of the same numbers
| Family income | Paid per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | not reported |
| $30k–$48k | not reported |
| $48k–$75k | not reported |
| $75k–$110k | not reported |
| Over $110k | not reported |
College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)
What graduates earn and owe
Earnings and graduate debt are not reported for this school.
Statement, continued
- Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
- not reported
- Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
- not reported
- Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
- not reported
- Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
- not reported
- Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
- not reported
Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.
Earnings after entry
earnings not reported at 6, 8 or 10 years
Table of the same numbers
| Measure | Dollars |
|---|---|
| Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry | not reported |
| Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry | not reported |
| Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry | not reported |
| Median graduate debt | not reported |
College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records
What programs pay
Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.
| Program | Credential | Graduates | Earnings, 5 yrs | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | 18 | not reported | not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | 9 | not reported | not reported |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | 8 | not reported | not reported |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | 5 | not reported | not reported |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | 5 | not reported | not reported |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | 4 | not reported | not reported |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | 4 | not reported | not reported |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | 4 | not reported | not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | 4 | not reported | not reported |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | 4 | not reported | not reported |
| Engineering Science | Bachelor's Degree | 3 | not reported | not reported |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | 3 | not reported | not reported |
Show all 20 programs
| Program | Credential | Graduates | Earnings, 5 yrs | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | 3 | not reported | not reported |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | 3 | not reported | not reported |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | 3 | not reported | not reported |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | 2 | not reported | not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | 2 | not reported | not reported |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | 2 | not reported | not reported |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | 2 | not reported | not reported |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | 1 | not reported | not reported |
Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.
Who goes here
Principia College: 339 undergraduates; 0% of students receive Pell grants.
Admission rate
not reported
Undergraduates
339
25th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
0%
of undergraduates receive Pell grants
1st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
Completion
74%
finish within 150% of normal time
81st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
First-generation
not reported
Median family income
not reported
Students by family income
Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.
not reported
Show as a table
| Family income | Share of students |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | not reported |
| $30k–$48k | not reported |
| $48k–$75k | not reported |
| $75k–$110k | not reported |
| Over $110k | not reported |
How it has changed
Net price is not reported in any year on record.
Four measures, year by year
A break in a line is a year the measure was not collected. It is not zero.
Admission rate
1 year not reported; the line breaks there
Price per year
not reported in any year
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
not reported in any year
Undergraduates
3 years not reported; the line breaks there
Table of the same numbers
| Year | Admit rate | Sticker price | Net price | Earnings, 10 yrs | Undergrads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | 526 |
| 1997 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| 1998 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | 552 |
| 1999 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | 529 |
| 2000 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| 2001 | 91% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 554 |
| 2002 | 83% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 526 |
| 2003 | 82% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 541 |
| 2004 | 87% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 531 |
| 2005 | 89% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 537 |
| 2006 | 94% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 520 |
| 2007 | 92% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 485 |
| 2008 | 84% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 511 |
| 2009 | 69% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 522 |
| 2010 | 80% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 529 |
| 2011 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| 2012 | 87% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 486 |
| 2013 | 84% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 495 |
| 2014 | 79% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 488 |
| 2015 | 75% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 457 |
| 2016 | 91% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 473 |
| 2017 | 91% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 447 |
| 2018 | 92% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 441 |
| 2019 | 91% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 402 |
| 2020 | 93% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 334 |
| 2021 | 84% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 318 |
| 2022 | 48% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 316 |
| 2023 | 44% | not reported | not reported | not reported | 337 |
| 2024 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported | 339 |
College Scorecard annual institution files, 1996 to 2026
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Sources & caveats
Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.
- not reported
- Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
- Percentiles
- A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
- Earnings
- Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.