by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Bradley University was awarded 28 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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Bradley landed the #519 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Bradley also holds the #19 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
Bradley University has an acceptance rate of 75%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 40% of students accepted to Bradley submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 640.
At Bradley, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bradley University is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 83% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Bradley University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Bradley the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,574 undergraduates at Bradley with 4,450 being full-time and 124 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,128 | $16,292 | $18,353 | $24,667 | $29,902 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bradley, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bradley, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,299 a year. That adds up to $29,196 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Bradley are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1501 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL 61625-0001 |
| Phone: | 309-676-7611 |
| Website: | www.bradley.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 234 | $73,143 |
| Computer Science | 70 | $66,457 |
| Accounting | 66 | $65,842 |
| Business Administration & Management | 65 | $51,347 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 65 | $38,351 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 64 | NA |
| General Psychology | 64 | $30,159 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 62 | $71,746 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 51 | $43,359 |
| Marketing | 44 | $48,663 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,730 students took at least one online class at Bradley University. This is a decrease from the 2,984 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,730 | 911 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,984 | 921 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,705 | 1,465 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,585 | 906 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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