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St Lawrence University was awarded 10 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is communication & media studies.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, St. Lawrence is ranked #459 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
St. Lawrence is also ranked #32 out of 142 schools in New York.
The acceptance rate at St Lawrence University is a competitive 57%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 18% of students accepted to St. Lawrence submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 710. Math scores were between 600 and 690.
At St. Lawrence, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 St Lawrence University is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
St Lawrence 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. Lawrence the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 79%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,280 undergraduates at St. Lawrence with 2,249 being full-time and 31 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,362 | $15,103 | $20,396 | $25,310 | $39,183 |
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. Lawrence, 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. Lawrence, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,981 a year. That adds up to $31,924 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at St. Lawrence is 2.2%. 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.
See which majors at St Lawrence University make the most money.
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Contact details for St. Lawrence are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617 |
| Phone: | 315-229-5011 |
| Website: | www.stlawu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/StLawrenceU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/stlawrenceu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 91 | $47,045 |
| Economics | 79 | $49,358 |
| General Psychology | 73 | $33,742 |
| Political Science & Government | 67 | $40,977 |
| General Biology | 43 | NA |
| Other Social Sciences | 35 | $32,938 |
| General English Literature | 33 | $33,248 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 31 | $37,681 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 25 | NA |
| Mathematics | 24 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 2,197 students who took online classes the previous year.
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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