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Saint Joseph’s University Overview

Saint Joseph's University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Saint Joseph’s University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$43,647 Avg Cost After Aid
83% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at St. Joe's since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
  • Students at St. Joe's have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at St. Joe's.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, St. Joe's bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $74,933 a year. That's about 84% more than their peers at other schools.
  • On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from St. Joe's to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Saint Joseph’s University?

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Contact details for St. Joe's are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
Phone: 610-660-1000
Website: www.sju.edu

How Do I Get Into St. Joe’s?

You can apply to St. Joe’s online at: https://www.sju.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for St. Joe’s

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Joe’s?

83% Acceptance Rate
57% Of Accepted Are Women
39% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Saint Joseph's University is 83%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to St. Joe's submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 650.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Saint Joseph's University  ( 570 to 660 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Saint Joseph's University  ( 550 to 650 )
200
800
St. Joe's received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 25 and 31.

ACT Composite Scores for Saint Joseph's University  ( 25 to 31 )
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Can I Afford Saint Joseph’s University?

$43,647 Net Price
61% Take Out Loans
1.2% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of St. Joe's is $43,647. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At St. Joe's, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $9,756 a year. That adds up to $39,024 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Joe's is 1.2%. 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.

Saint Joseph’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,859 Full-Time Undergraduates
52% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,196 undergraduate students at St. Joe's, with 3,859 being full-time and 337 being part-time.

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There are also 2,268 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,859 full-time undergraduates at St. Joe's, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Joseph's University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 129
Black or African American 186
Hispanic or Latino 356
White 2,958
International Students 68
Other Races/Ethnicities 162

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Joseph's University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 63 countries are represented at St. Joe's. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Saint Joseph’s University

2,032 Took All Classes Online
2,595 Took At Least One Class Online
2.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 72 master’s degree programs available online at St. Joe's. In 2020-2021, 2,595 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at St. Joe's has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 82nd most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of St. Joe’s

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Joseph's University was 2.1%. This is the #1,632 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Joe's regardless of major.

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%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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