College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, MN · Private · Midsize suburb · CSB · Saint Benedict
Private institution in Saint Joseph, MN · 1,392 undergraduates · 91% acceptance rate · $63,260 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 8%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 17%Full-time retention
- Top 19%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 22%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $28,0651,642nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $53,8841,855th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $53,8841,853rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $66,8781,778th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $26,9441,575th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $63,260427th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,567363rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 83.0%170th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 88.0%309th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 91.4%1,278th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1185443rd highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 24420th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,3921,160th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 18.7%1,769th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 71 mi (MSP)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 1
- EA IIDec 1
- RDJan 15
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 40 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $64,406 | $63,005 |
| MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $63,005 | $47,260 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $61,303 | $58,673 |
| EconomicsSocial Sciences | bachelors | $57,318 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $49,423 | $51,607 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsForeign Languages | bachelors | $42,682 | $31,133 |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | $41,342 | $41,193 |
| Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciences | bachelors | $39,369 | $27,295 |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $37,054 | $34,298 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $36,938 | $38,289 |
| Nutrition SciencesMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | $31,996 | $38,906 |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | $30,409 | $27,126 |
Campus facts
- A women's collegesource
- Religious affiliation: Roman Catholicsource
- Founded in 1913source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIIsource
- Athletic nickname: "Bennies"source
- Motto: "Sic Luceat Lux Vestra"source
- Athletic conference: MIACsource
- Notable alum: Eugene McCarthysource
- Notable alum: Denis McDonoughsource
- Notable alum: Stephen Sommerssource
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to College of Saint Benedict’s 1,392 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MN
- Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN · 1,417 undergrads
- Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, MN · 1,468 undergrads
- University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, MN · 1,495 undergrads
- University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, MN · 1,650 undergrads
- Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, MN · 1,685 undergrads
- Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, MN · 1,721 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Viterbo UniversityLa Crosse, WI · 1,392 undergrads
- Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, MI · 1,391 undergrads
- William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, IA · 1,391 undergrads
- Concord UniversityAthens, WV · 1,394 undergrads
- Lawrence UniversityAppleton, WI · 1,394 undergrads
- Bridgewater CollegeBridgewater, VA · 1,388 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecsbsju.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 174747)
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