John Paul the Great Catholic University
Escondido, CA · Private · Large suburb · JPCatholic · JPGCU
Private institution in Escondido, CA · 297 undergraduates · 79% acceptance rate · $56,930 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
- $29,1241,691st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $29,5001,338th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $29,5001,238th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $47,4921,415th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $26,9681,593rd lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,930692nd highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,3601,578th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 65.3%580th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 69.9%1,247th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 79.3%888th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1181458th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 22605th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2971,798th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,172nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 38.0%801st highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 28 mi (SAN)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $48,432 | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $29,685 | $25,658 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitejpcatholic.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 462354)
- Compare colleges in CARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in CaliforniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: John Paul the Great Catholic University vs GnomonHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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