St. John Fisher College Overview

St. John Fisher College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. Rochester is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is St. John Fisher College Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at Fisher is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Fisher.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Fisher bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $47,800 a year. That's about 17% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Fisher to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

St. John Fisher College Rankings

We have ranked Fisher as #302 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Fisher also holds the #30 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Fisher.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#17	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#73	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#73	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#81	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#104	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#143	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#147	Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Fisher has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#40	Best Health & Physical Education Schools	College Factual
#42	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools	College Factual
#49	Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools	College Factual
#109	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#212	Best Nursing Schools	College Factual
#320	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is St. John Fisher College?

Contact details for Fisher are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3690 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618-3597
Phone:	585-385-8000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/StJohnFisherCollege
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/FisherNews

How Do I Get Into Fisher?

You can apply to Fisher online at: https://www.sjfc.edu/admissions-aid/freshman-admissions/applying-to-fisher/

Admission Requirements for Fisher

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Fisher?

Fisher has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 94% of students accepted to Fisher submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 540 and 630.

Fisher received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 22 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford St. John Fisher College?

The overall average net price of Fisher is $33,373. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 Fisher, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $11,844 a year. That adds up to $47,376 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Fisher is 2.9%. 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.

St. John Fisher College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,690 undergraduate students at Fisher, with 2,573 being full-time and 117 being part-time.

There are also 920 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,573 full-time undergraduates at Fisher, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of St. John Fisher College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	93
Black or African American	113
Hispanic or Latino	125
White	2,142
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	95

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at St. John Fisher College. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at Fisher. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at St. John Fisher College

In 2019-2020, 1,284 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Fisher has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 51st most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Fisher

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at St. John Fisher College was 26.0%. This is the #947 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Fisher regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Fisher ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Fisher.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#166

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

St. John Fisher College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	211	3	73	2	289
Business Administration & Management	32	0	62	42	136
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	12	0	0	76	88
General Biology	51	0	0	0	51
General Psychology	51	0	0	0	51
Finance & Financial Management	42	0	0	0	42
Marketing	39	0	0	0	39
Health & Physical Education	39	0	0	0	39
Accounting	37	1	0	0	38
Teacher Education Grade Specific	37	0	0	0	37
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	33	0	33
Communication & Media Studies	32	0	0	0	32
Criminology	28	0	0	0	28
History	18	0	0	0	18
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	17	0	17
General English Literature	16	0	0	0	16
Special Education	0	0	13	0	13
Educational Administration	0	1	11	0	12
Liberal Arts General Studies	12	0	0	0	12
Computer Information Systems	9	0	0	0	9
Area Studies	8	0	0	0	8
Sociology	8	0	0	0	8
Human Resource Management	7	0	0	0	7
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	7	0	0	0	7
Mathematics	7	0	0	0	7
Chemistry	7	0	0	0	7
Economics	7	0	0	0	7
Political Science & Government	7	0	0	0	7
Romance Languages	5	0	0	0	5
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	4	0	0	0	4
Statistics	4	0	0	0	4
Philosophy	3	0	0	0	3
Anthropology	3	0	0	0	3
Sustainability Science	2	0	0	0	2
Physics	2	0	0	0	2
Religious Studies	1	0	0	0	1
International Relations & National Security	1	0	0	0	1
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Museum Studies	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	749	5	209	120	1,083

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Stephen Wolfe under License

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