by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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 Paul College was awarded 407 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is personal & culinary services.
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Saint Paul College landed the #841 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 is an improvement over the previous year, when Saint Paul College held the #1,533 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Saint Paul College is also ranked #37 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
Since Saint Paul College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
At Saint Paul College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 Paul College is 55%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Saint Paul College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,823 undergraduates at Saint Paul College with 2,008 being full-time and 3,815 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,807 | $11,089 | $11,966 | $14,834 | $16,861 |
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 Saint Paul College, 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 Saint Paul College, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $5,026 a year. That adds up to $20,104 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Saint Paul College is 12.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Saint Paul College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 235 Marshall Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55102-9808 |
| Phone: | 651-846-1600 |
| Website: | https://www.saintpaul.edu/ |
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, 3,236 students took at least one online class at Saint Paul College. This is a decrease from the 4,394 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,236 | 1,736 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,394 | 3,441 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,339 | 875 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,406 | 808 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,219 | 736 |
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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