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SAU was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
The acceptance rate at Saint Augustine's University is 75%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that SAU is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio at SAU is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Saint Augustine's University is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Saint Augustine's University has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 13% for first-time, full-time students at SAU, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Saint Augustine’s University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,110 undergraduates at SAU with 922 being full-time and 188 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,229 | $18,419 | $21,646 | $23,017 | $25,255 |
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 SAU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 SAU, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,194 a year. That adds up to $32,776 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SAU is 29.4%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
Get more details about paying for Saint Augustine’s University.
See which majors at Saint Augustine’s University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Saint Augustine’s University.
Contact details for SAU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1315 Oakwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27610-2298 |
| Phone: | 919-516-4000 |
| Website: | www.st-aug.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/saintaugustinesuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SAU_News |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 15 | $27,221 |
| Health & Physical Education | 15 | $18,396 |
| Business Administration & Management | 14 | $26,400 |
| Public Health | 11 | NA |
| General Psychology | 10 | NA |
| General Biology | 9 | NA |
| Sociology | 7 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 6 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 5 | NA |
| General Engineering | 5 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 822 students who took online classes the previous year.
Learn more about online learning at Saint Augustine’s University.
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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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