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Saint Louis University Overview

Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Saint Louis University Known For?

2,074 Undergraduate Awards
$47,477 Avg Cost After Aid
85% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at SLU since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
  • The highest award offered at SLU is the doctor's degree.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 60% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, SLU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $70,783 a year. That's about 73% more than their peers at other schools.
  • The average SLU student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Saint Louis University?

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Contact details for SLU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One North Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63103-2097
Phone: 314-977-2222
Website: www.slu.edu

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How Do I Get Into SLU?

You can apply to SLU online at: www.slu.edu/apply.php

Admission Requirements for SLU

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SLU?

85% Acceptance Rate
57% Of Accepted Are Women
9% Submit SAT Scores
SLU has an acceptance rate of 85%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to SLU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 690. Math scores were between 600 and 710.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Saint Louis University  ( 610 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Saint Louis University  ( 600 to 710 )
200
800
SLU received ACT scores from 34% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 26 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Saint Louis University  ( 25 to 34 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Saint Louis University  ( 26 to 31 )
1
36

Can I Afford Saint Louis University?

$47,477 Net Price
55% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of SLU is $47,477. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SLU, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $7,390 a year. That adds up to $29,560 over four years for those students.

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Saint Louis University Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,847 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,723 undergraduate students at SLU, with 6,847 being full-time and 876 being part-time.

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There are also 4,506 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,847 full-time undergraduates at SLU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Louis University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 857
Black or African American 310
Hispanic or Latino 503
White 4,508
International Students 298
Other Races/Ethnicities 371

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Louis University. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 79 countries are represented at SLU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Saint Louis University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 0 220 14 88 19 341
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 56 0 52 84 192
Law 0 0 0 0 0 183 183
Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 180 180
General Biology 0 0 103 0 8 10 121
Health & Physical Education 0 0 117 0 0 0 117
Business Administration & Management 1 1 19 10 84 0 115
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 50 3 54 0 107
General Psychology 0 0 99 0 0 0 99
Social Work 0 0 29 0 65 3 97
Public Health 0 0 54 1 41 0 96
Allied Health Professions 0 0 36 0 57 0 93
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 89 2 0 0 91
Educational Administration 0 0 0 1 41 46 88
Computer Science 0 0 35 0 47 0 82
Computer Information Systems 2 0 14 7 57 0 80
Biology & Biotech Lab Technician 0 79 0 0 0 0 79
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 19 0 53 0 72
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 66 0 0 0 66
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 64 0 1 0 65
Marketing 0 0 62 0 0 1 63
Accounting 0 0 37 0 21 0 58
Political Science & Government 0 0 54 0 4 0 58
International Business 0 0 37 0 13 0 50
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 39 0 7 0 46
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 0 22 23 0 45
Communication Sciences 0 0 19 0 26 0 45
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 42 0 0 0 42
General Education 0 0 22 0 20 0 42
Nutrition Science 0 0 15 0 26 0 41
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 35 0 6 0 41
Air Transportation 0 0 36 0 1 4 41
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 34 4 38
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 36 0 0 0 36
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 0 35 0 0 0 35
General English Literature 0 0 23 0 5 7 35
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 5 29 0 0 0 34
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 17 15 32
Romance Languages 0 0 27 0 4 0 31
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 30 0 0 0 30
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 23 2 25
History 0 0 20 0 0 5 25
Mathematics 0 0 17 0 6 2 25
Philosophy 0 0 15 0 3 6 24
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 6 0 13 3 22
Human Resource Management 0 0 21 1 0 0 22
Food Science Technology 0 21 0 0 0 0 21
Chemistry 0 0 10 0 5 6 21
Civil Engineering 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 9 1 2 7 19
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 0 0 0 9 10 0 19
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 12 0 1 4 17
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Economics 0 0 0 0 16 0 16
Computer Engineering 0 0 9 0 6 0 15
Anthropology 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Security Science and Technology 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Geography & Cartography 0 5 0 0 7 2 14
Sociology 0 0 13 0 1 0 14
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 0 0 13 0 13
Alternative Medicine & Systems 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
International Relations & National Security 0 0 12 0 0 0 12
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 12 0 0 0 12
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
Area Studies 0 0 4 0 4 3 11
Theological & Ministerial Studies 0 0 6 0 3 2 11
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0 8 2 10
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 6 0 3 0 9
Legal Research 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
Data Science 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 6 0 2 0 8
Homeland Security 0 0 4 4 0 0 8
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0 1 6 7
Electrical Engineering 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0 2 5 7
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Management Information Systems 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
Ethnic Studies 0 0 4 0 1 0 5
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Information Technology 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Engineering Physics 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Classical & Ancient Studies 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Religious Studies 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 1 0 2 1 4
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Special Education 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Religious Education 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Operations Research 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Systems Theory 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Physics 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Music 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Medieval Studies 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 114 1,957 94 1,011 634 3,813

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.

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