Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN · Private · Rural (fringe) · SJU · Saint John's
Private institution in Collegeville, MN · 1,468 undergraduates · 90% acceptance rate · $76,786 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 13%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 14%Graduation rate (4-year)
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
- $27,0181,588th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $53,9421,856th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $53,9421,854th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $66,8631,777th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $76,786179th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $59,843254th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 75.7%277th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 83.0%529th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 90.5%1,243rd most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1220350th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 25346th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,4681,125th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12.0:1782nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 18.1%1,804th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 75 mi (MSP)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | bachelors | $68,666 | $68,778 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $57,072 | $57,589 |
| MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $54,435 | — |
| EconomicsSocial Sciences | bachelors | $50,621 | $55,151 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $49,814 | $52,789 |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | $42,682 | — |
| Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciences | bachelors | $39,009 | $39,369 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchNatural Resources | bachelors | $33,993 | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | $32,925 | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $32,925 | $37,748 |
| Applied MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | — | — |
| Area StudiesArea & Ethnic Studies | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Saint Johns University’s 1,468 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MN
- University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, MN · 1,495 undergrads
- Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN · 1,417 undergrads
- College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, MN · 1,392 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
- Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, OK · 1,468 undergrads
- Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, NY · 1,468 undergrads
- Berea CollegeBerea, KY · 1,472 undergrads
- Grand View UniversityDes Moines, IA · 1,472 undergrads
- University of DubuqueDubuque, IA · 1,473 undergrads
- Newberry CollegeNewberry, SC · 1,462 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecsbsju.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 174792)
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- Compare with University of Northwestern-St PaulSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
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