Saint Vincent College Overview

Saint Vincent College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Saint Vincent is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Saint Vincent College Known For?

• Students at Saint Vincent have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Saint Vincent.
• In 2019-2020, 99% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Saint Vincent with a bachelor's degree make about $55,543 a year. That's 36% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Saint Vincent student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Saint Vincent College Rankings

Saint Vincent landed the #193 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,018 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Saint Vincent also holds the #18 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania 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.

Saint Vincent has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#61	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#77	Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#81	Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#135	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#24	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Social Sciences	College Factual
#106	Best Value Colleges for Nursing	College Factual
#160	Best Nursing Schools	College Factual
#194	Best Value Colleges for Health Professions	College Factual
#245	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Saint Vincent College?

Contact details for Saint Vincent are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA 15650-2690
Phone:	724-539-9761
Website:	https://www.stvincent.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/saintvincentcollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/MySaintVincent

How Do I Get Into Saint Vincent?

You can apply to Saint Vincent online at: https://www.stvincent.edu/admission-aid/apply

Admission Requirements for Saint Vincent

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Saint Vincent?

With an acceptance rate of 72%, Saint Vincent may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 57% of accepted students are men and 43% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 91% of students accepted to Saint Vincent submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 590.

Saint Vincent received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 28. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Saint Vincent College?

The overall average net price of Saint Vincent is $29,110. 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 Vincent, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,094 a year. That adds up to $32,376 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Saint Vincent is 3.9%. 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.

Saint Vincent College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,462 undergraduate students at Saint Vincent, with 1,415 being full-time and 47 being part-time.

There are also 172 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,415 full-time undergraduates at Saint Vincent, 55% are male and 45% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Vincent College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	1,143
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	85

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Vincent College. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at Saint Vincent. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Turkey, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Saint Vincent College

In 2019-2020, 606 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Saint Vincent

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Vincent College was 0.8%. This is the #1,671 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Saint Vincent 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%.

Saint Vincent College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	38	18	56
General Biology	0	38	0	38
Criminology	0	25	8	33
Nursing	0	0	30	30
General Psychology	0	28	0	28
Marketing	0	23	0	23
Communication & Media Studies	0	21	0	21
General Engineering	0	21	0	21
Accounting	0	20	0	20
Finance & Financial Management	0	19	0	19
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	17	0	17
Political Science & Government	0	16	0	16
Natural Sciences	0	15	0	15
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	11	11
General English Literature	0	11	0	11
History	0	11	0	11
Mental & Social Health Services	10	0	0	10
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	9	0	9
Student Counseling	0	0	7	7
Mathematics	0	7	0	7
Natural Resources Conservation	0	7	0	7
Computer Science	0	6	0	6
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	4	0	6
Computer Information Systems	0	5	0	5
Sociology	0	5	0	5
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	1	3	4
Chemistry	0	4	0	4
Anthropology	0	4	0	4
Fine & Studio Arts	0	4	0	4
International Business	0	3	0	3
Information Technology	0	3	0	3
Educational Administration	0	0	3	3
Special Education	0	0	3	3
Physics	0	3	0	3
Economics	0	3	0	3
Design & Applied Arts	0	3	0	3
Business/Managerial Economics	0	2	0	2
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	2	0	2
Philosophy	0	2	0	2
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	2	0	2
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	1	0	1
Romance Languages	0	1	0	1
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	1	0	1
Music	0	1	0	1
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	12	386	83	481

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 Rafael Puerto under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.