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Saint Peter’s University Overview

Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, Saint Peter's 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 Peter’s University Known For?

530 Undergraduate Awards
$28,837 Avg Cost After Aid
89% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Saint Peter's College is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period33% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Saint Peter's College with a bachelor's degree make about $57,815 a year. That's 42% more than those who graduate from other schools.
  • It takes the average Saint Peter's College student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Saint Peter’s University?

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Contact details for Saint Peter's College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2641 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07306-5997
Phone: 201-761-7400
Website: www.saintpeters.edu

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How Do I Get Into Saint Peter’s College?

You can apply to Saint Peter’s College online at: gosaintpeters.org/web/index.cfm?&isndsl

Admission Requirements for Saint Peter’s College

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Saint Peter’s College?

89% Acceptance Rate
58% Of Accepted Are Women
1% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Saint Peter's College is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

About 1% of students accepted to Saint Peter's College submitted their SAT scores.

Can I Afford Saint Peter’s University?

$28,837 Net Price
32% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Saint Peter's College is $28,837. 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 Saint Peter's College, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $6,551 a year. That adds up to $26,204 over four years for those students.

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Saint Peter’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,038 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,355 undergraduate students at Saint Peter's College, with 2,038 being full-time and 317 being part-time.

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There are also 842 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,038 full-time undergraduates at Saint Peter's College, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 166
Black or African American 395
Hispanic or Latino 1,016
White 285
International Students 61
Other Races/Ethnicities 115

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Peter's University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 37 countries are represented at Saint Peter's College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, United Kingdom, and Spain.

Saint Peter’s University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Information Systems 0 46 0 35 0 81
Business Administration & Management 1 59 0 8 0 68
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 68 0 68
General Psychology 0 60 0 0 0 60
Educational Administration 0 0 0 22 32 54
Nursing 0 50 0 3 0 53
Computational Science 0 0 0 47 0 47
General Biology 0 45 0 0 0 45
Data Science 0 0 0 44 0 44
Accounting 0 35 0 7 0 42
Finance & Financial Management 0 16 0 23 0 39
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 39 0 0 0 39
Data Analytics 0 0 0 35 0 35
General Education 0 0 0 32 0 32
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 31 0 0 0 31
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 9 0 10 0 19
Health & Physical Education 0 19 0 0 0 19
General Social Sciences 16 2 0 0 0 18
Liberal Arts General Studies 2 14 0 0 0 16
Special Education 0 0 0 15 0 15
International Business 0 7 0 5 0 12
Marketing 0 11 0 1 0 12
Health Sciences & Services 0 2 0 10 0 12
Communication & Media Studies 0 11 0 0 0 11
Public Administration 0 0 0 10 0 10
Student Counseling 0 0 0 9 0 9
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 8 0 8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 7 0 0 0 7
General English Literature 0 7 0 0 0 7
Political Science & Government 0 7 0 0 0 7
Mathematics 0 6 0 0 0 6
Human Resource Management 0 1 0 4 0 5
Sociology 0 5 0 0 0 5
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 4 0 4
Economics 0 4 0 0 0 4
Insurance 0 0 0 3 0 3
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 3 0 3
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 3 0 0 0 3
Physics 0 3 0 0 0 3
Biotechnology 0 2 0 0 0 2
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 2 0 0 2
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 2 0 2
Chemistry 0 2 0 0 0 2
Hospitality Management 0 1 0 0 0 1
Romance Languages 0 1 0 0 0 1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 1 0 0 0 1
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1 0 0 0 0 1
Public Policy 0 1 0 0 0 1
Design & Applied Arts 0 1 0 0 0 1
Fine & Studio Arts 0 1 0 0 0 1
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 1 0 0 0 1
Business/Corporate Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 0 0 0
History 0 0 0 0 0 0
Classical & Ancient Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathematical Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philosophy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 510 2 408 32 972

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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