by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Saint Joseph's University was awarded 445 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is specialized sales, merchandising & marketing.
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St. Joe's landed the #157 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
St. Joe's is also ranked #12 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
When it comes to admittance, Saint Joseph's University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 83%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 39% of students accepted to St. Joe's submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 650.
The student to faculty ratio at St. Joe's is an impressive 10 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Saint Joseph's University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Saint Joseph's University has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At St. Joe's the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 75%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,299 undergraduates at St. Joe's with 3,945 being full-time and 354 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,313 | $23,963 | $26,825 | $30,232 | $37,803 |
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 St. Joe's, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At St. Joe's, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $9,756 a year. That adds up to $39,024 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at St. Joe's is 2.5%. 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 St. Joe's are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395 |
| Phone: | 610-660-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.sju.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/saintjosephsuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/saintjosephs |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 171 | $51,025 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 112 | $56,042 |
| Marketing | 110 | $48,227 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 109 | $60,324 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 78 | $33,094 |
| Other Health Professions | 77 | $30,348 |
| General Biology | 66 | NA |
| General Psychology | 56 | $37,248 |
| Insurance | 52 | $59,809 |
| Human Resource Management | 38 | $48,241 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,595 students took at least one online class at Saint Joseph's University. This is a decrease from the 5,397 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,595 | 2,032 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,397 | 2,296 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,408 | 2,023 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,191 | 2,074 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,366 | 2,195 |
Learn more about online learning at Saint Joseph’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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