PlainsTownPrivate4-yearBusiness & Marketing

Maharishi International University

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Fairfield, IA777 students
Acceptance Rate
96%
less selective
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$18.9k
Sticker $16.5k
Graduation Rate
18%
6-year, full-time

Maharishi International University is a private institution in Fairfield, IA with an acceptance rate of 96% and 777 students. The average net price after financial aid is $18,875 per year.

About Maharishi International University

A private 4-year town university in Fairfield, IA.

Maharishi International University campus
Campus · Fairfield

Maharishi International University is a college in Fairfield, IA. It enrolls roughly 777 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 96%.

PlainsTownPrivate4-yearBusiness & Marketing
Acceptance Rate
96%
Less Selective
Total Enrollment
777
Small
Retention
65%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
18%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
96%
96 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
2.20
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 2.20 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Maharishi International University. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Application requirements

  • Test-optional

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Maharishi International University after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $16,530
Average net price after aid
$18,875
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$17,578
$30,001 – $48,000
$14,774
$48,001 – $75,000
$22,627
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$24,730

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
57%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
65%
Avg loan $11,558 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Maharishi International University concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
13:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Business & Marketing
50% of degrees awarded
Retention
65%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Maharishi International University. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White19%
  • Asian42%
  • Hispanic4%
  • Black4%
  • Two or more races30%
  • International1%

Gender

  • Female79%
  • Male21%
International
2%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
777

Outcomes after graduation

What Maharishi International University graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$28.0k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
18%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$28.0k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$11.6k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$18.9k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$28k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 18% graduation rate is below the national average.

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