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 113 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is marketing.
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St. Joe's is ranked #105 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when St. Joe's held the #157 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
St. Joe's also holds the #9 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Saint Joseph's University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 28% 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 580 and 670. Math scores were between 570 and 660.
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 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.
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%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Saint Joseph’s University.
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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,101 | $25,925 | $30,671 | $32,407 | $33,831 |
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 65% of students took out student loans averaging $9,723 a year. That adds up to $38,892 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Saint Joseph’s University make the most money.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 267 | $65,627 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 227 | $56,794 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 186 | $57,889 |
| Special Education | 178 | $50,698 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 175 | $66,072 |
| Marketing | 167 | $50,763 |
| Educational Administration | 167 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 146 | NA |
| General Biology | 130 | $33,767 |
| Other Health Professions | 129 | $36,819 |
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 2022-2023, 3,410 students took at least one online class at Saint Joseph's University. This is an increase from the 2,595 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,410 | 1,805 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,595 | 2,032 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,397 | 2,296 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,191 | 2,074 |
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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