Cardinal Stritch University Business Programs

Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cardinal Stritch University is a private not-for-profit institution. Cardinal Stritch is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Cardinal Stritch University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Cardinal Stritch has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#103	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#183	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cardinal Stritch.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#29	Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#150	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cardinal Stritch has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#16	Highest Paid Organizational Leadership Graduates	College Factual
#39	Highest Paid International Business Graduates	College Factual
#85	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration & Management Graduates	College Factual
#86	Highest Paid Marketing Graduates	College Factual
#136	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Business, Management & Marketing Graduates	College Factual
#138	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual

Where Is Cardinal Stritch University?

Contact details for Cardinal Stritch are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6801 N Yates Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53217-3985
Phone:	414-410-4000
Website:	www.stritch.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/cardinalstritch
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/stritchu

How Do I Get Into Cardinal Stritch?

You can apply to Cardinal Stritch online at: https://www.stritch.edu/Apply

Admission Requirements for Cardinal Stritch

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cardinal Stritch?

Cardinal Stritch has an acceptance rate of 77%, 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 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 71%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 30% of students accepted to Cardinal Stritch submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 505 and 565. Math scores were between 470 and 535.

Cardinal Stritch received ACT scores from 70% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 21. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Cardinal Stritch University?

The overall average net price of Cardinal Stritch is $37,531. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cardinal Stritch, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,112 a year. That adds up to $28,448 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cardinal Stritch is 4.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Cardinal Stritch University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,068 undergraduate students at Cardinal Stritch, with 576 being full-time and 492 being part-time.

There are also 578 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 576 full-time undergraduates at Cardinal Stritch, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	121
White	178
International Students	159
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at Cardinal Stritch University. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 48 countries are represented at Cardinal Stritch. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, and Jordan.

Online Learning at Cardinal Stritch University

In 2019-2020, 1,115 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 11th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cardinal Stritch

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Cardinal Stritch University was $33,770 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cardinal Stritch is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#13	#13
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#37	#37
Hospitality Management	#46	#46

Online Growth Rankings of Cardinal Stritch

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cardinal Stritch University was -3.3%. This is the #1,635 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cardinal Stritch regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cardinal Stritch ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Cardinal Stritch.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#13
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#76
Hospitality Management	#131
Management Information Systems	#137
Organizational Leadership	#312
General Business/Commerce	#377
General Business/Commerce	#377

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Cardinal Stritch University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	3	25	52	80
Organizational Leadership	0	24	0	24
General Business/Commerce	0	15	0	15
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	7	0	7
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	6	0	6
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	3	0	3
Accounting	0	2	0	2
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	2	0	2
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	84	52	139

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
• Image Credit: By Royalbroil under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.