by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Saint Johns University was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SJU is ranked #535 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SJU held the #625 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SJU is also ranked #19 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, SJU has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 4% of students accepted to SJU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 600. Math scores were between 455 and 585.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at SJU it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Saint Johns University is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Saint Johns University has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. 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 for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at SJU for first-time, full-time students is 69%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,569 undergraduates at SJU with 1,546 being full-time and 23 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,484 | $15,535 | $17,956 | $24,698 | $31,822 |
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 SJU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 SJU, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $9,006 a year. That adds up to $36,024 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SJU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville, MN 56321 |
| Phone: | 320-363-2011 |
| Website: | https://csbsju.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/twocolleges?ref=ts |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/CSBSJU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 60 | $51,959 |
| Accounting | 49 | $61,135 |
| Economics | 34 | $54,752 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 25 | $40,423 |
| Computer Science | 25 | $69,964 |
| General Biology | 21 | $34,684 |
| Political Science & Government | 20 | $20,939 |
| General Psychology | 18 | NA |
| Natural Sciences | 16 | NA |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 15 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 65 students took at least one online class at Saint Johns University. This is an increase from the 62 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 65 | 33 |
| 2021-2022 | 62 | 41 |
| 2020-2021 | 49 | 26 |
| 2018-2019 | 3 | 0 |
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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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