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.
University of Saint Joseph was awarded 60 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general special education.
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College Factual ranked USJ as #748 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when USJ held the #1,087 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
USJ is also ranked #10 out of 28 schools in Connecticut.
The acceptance rate at University of Saint Joseph is 78%. 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 USJ is a good fit for you.
About 16% of students accepted to USJ submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 523 and 548. Math scores were between 513 and 633.
The student to faculty ratio at USJ is an impressive 8 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.
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 University of Saint Joseph is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 77% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Saint Joseph 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at USJ for first-time, full-time students is 49%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 898 undergraduates at USJ with 820 being full-time and 78 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,318 | $20,455 | $24,611 | $26,847 | $27,431 |
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 USJ, 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 USJ, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $9,375 a year. That adds up to $37,500 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at USJ is 2.6%. 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.
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Contact details for USJ are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1678 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117 |
| Phone: | 860-232-4571 |
| Website: | https://www.usj.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/USJCT |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/USJCT |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 85 | $73,150 |
| Social Work | 23 | NA |
| General Psychology | 23 | NA |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 14 | NA |
| General Biology | 13 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 8 | NA |
| Accounting | 5 | NA |
| Public Health | 4 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 4 | NA |
| Special Education | 4 | 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 2020-2021, 635 students took at least one online class at University of Saint Joseph. This is a decrease from the 819 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 635 | 193 |
| 2019-2020 | 819 | 206 |
| 2018-2019 | 496 | 172 |
| 2017-2018 | 569 | 227 |
| 2016-2017 | 541 | 227 |
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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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