Aurora University Teaching Programs

Aurora University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Aurora, Illinois. Aurora is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Aurora University?

Contact details for Aurora are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	347 S Gladstone Ave, Aurora, IL 60506-4892
Phone:	630-892-6431
Website:	aurora.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/aurorauniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/aurorau

How Do I Get Into Aurora?

You can apply to Aurora online at: https://aurora.edu/admission/apply

Admission Requirements for Aurora

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	5
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Aurora?

Aurora has an acceptance rate of 82%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Aurora submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 608. Math scores were between 480 and 590.

Aurora received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Aurora University?

The overall average net price of Aurora is $28,336. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Aurora, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $5,739 a year. That adds up to $22,956 over four years for those students.

Aurora University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,114 undergraduate students at Aurora, with 3,779 being full-time and 335 being part-time.

There are also 2,051 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,779 full-time undergraduates at Aurora, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Aurora University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	117
Black or African American	205
Hispanic or Latino	1,451
White	1,626
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	357

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Aurora University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at Aurora. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Latvia, and Germany.

Online Learning at Aurora University

In 2022-2023, 2,125 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Aurora has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Aurora University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	67	34	101
Curriculum & Instruction	0	65	11	76
Elementary Education	59	0	0	59
General Special Education	12	27	0	39
Secondary Education	15	19	0	34
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	13	0	13
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	11	0	0	11
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	8	0	0	8
Reading Teacher Education	0	8	0	8
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	105	199	45	349

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.