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The College of Saint Scholastica was awarded 19 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked St. Scholastica as #494 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
St. Scholastica is also ranked #16 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
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The acceptance rate at The College of Saint Scholastica is 97%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into St. Scholastica is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 1% of students accepted to St. Scholastica submitted their SAT scores.St. Scholastica received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 27.
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At St. Scholastica, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 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.
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 The College of Saint Scholastica is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like The College of Saint Scholastica 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At St. Scholastica the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 61%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,244 undergraduates at St. Scholastica with 1,934 being full-time and 310 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,210 | $18,450 | $19,855 | $24,944 | $27,739 |
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. Scholastica, 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 St. Scholastica, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $10,263 a year. That adds up to $41,052 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for St. Scholastica are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811-4199 |
| Phone: | 218-723-6000 |
| Website: | www.css.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 355 | $75,499 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 210 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 160 | $40,320 |
| Social Work | 108 | $45,371 |
| General Psychology | 76 | $31,367 |
| Business Administration & Management | 63 | $52,270 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 54 | $57,676 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 49 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 47 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 44 | 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 2022-2023, 1,294 students took at least one online class at The College of Saint Scholastica. This is a decrease from the 1,374 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,294 | 945 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,374 | 1,006 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,344 | 1,072 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,349 | 1,150 |
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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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