St John’s University - New York Overview

St John's University - New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in Queens, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is St John’s University - New York Known For?

• The highest award offered at STJ is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 44% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from STJ with a bachelor's degree make about $55,200 a year. That's 35% more than those who graduate from other schools.

St John’s University - New York Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

STJ has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#35	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#11	Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#88	Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#123	Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools	College Factual
#27	Best Educational Administration Schools	College Factual
#46	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual
#116	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual
#132	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#136	Best Education Schools	College Factual

Where Is St John’s University - New York?

Contact details for STJ are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8000 Utopia Pky, Queens, NY 11439
Phone:	718-990-6161
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/StJohnsU

How Do I Get Into STJ?

You can apply to STJ online at: https://www.stjohns.edu/admission-aid/apply-st-johns-university

Admission Requirements for STJ

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into STJ?

STJ has an acceptance rate of 75%, 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 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Average Test Scores

About 75% of students accepted to STJ submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 660.

STJ received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 22 and 28. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford St John’s University - New York?

The overall average net price of STJ is $47,210. 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 STJ, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $7,980 a year. That adds up to $31,920 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at STJ is 5.7%. 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’s University - New York Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,693 undergraduate students at STJ, with 10,177 being full-time and 5,516 being part-time.

There are also 4,450 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,177 full-time undergraduates at STJ, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of St John's University - New York students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,677
Black or African American	1,371
Hispanic or Latino	1,727
White	4,290
International Students	357
Other Races/Ethnicities	755

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at St John's University - New York. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at STJ. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at St John’s University - New York

In 2019-2020, 14,150 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 19th 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 Affordability Rankings of STJ

The following table shows how STJ is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Taxation	#13	#13
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#67	#67
Liberal Arts General Studies	#67	#67

Online Growth Rankings of STJ

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at St John's University - New York was 131.0%. This is the #358 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at STJ 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%.

St John’s University - New York Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	7	0	144	0	228	0	379
General Biology	0	0	257	0	9	2	268
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	0	18	249	267
Accounting	0	0	153	0	100	0	253
Law	0	0	0	0	0	250	250
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	215	0	35	0	250
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	174	0	0	0	174
Allied Health Professions	0	71	94	0	0	0	165
General Psychology	0	0	155	0	6	0	161
Health & Physical Education	0	0	102	0	44	0	146
Communication Sciences	0	0	95	0	41	6	142
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	61	1	77	0	139
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	5	121	0	0	0	126
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	122	0	0	0	122
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	81	0	31	0	112
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	47	0	57	5	109
Political Science & Government	0	0	57	6	41	0	104
Marketing	0	0	103	0	0	0	103
Educational Administration	0	0	0	42	3	43	88
Special Education	0	0	0	2	84	0	86
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	12	0	69	0	81
Computer Information Systems	0	0	79	0	0	0	79
Insurance	0	1	58	0	6	0	65
General English Literature	0	0	42	0	11	11	64
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	32	25	57
Other Health Professions	0	0	53	0	0	0	53
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	23	29	0	52
Legal Research	0	0	0	4	48	0	52
Taxation	0	0	0	0	46	0	46
Information Technology	1	0	42	0	0	0	43
Audiovisual Communications	0	0	39	0	0	0	39
Student Counseling	0	0	0	4	34	0	38
Journalism	0	0	36	0	0	0	36
Economics	0	0	36	0	0	0	36
Liberal Arts General Studies	3	0	20	0	11	0	34
History	0	0	19	0	10	3	32
Chemistry	0	0	24	0	8	0	32
Library & Information Science	0	0	0	1	30	0	31
Hospitality Management	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	25	0	0	25
Sociology	0	0	19	0	6	0	25
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	22	0	0	0	22
Philosophy	0	0	20	0	0	0	20
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	1	0	18	19
Criminology	0	0	0	0	18	0	18
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	1	15	0	16
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	12	0	3	0	15
Romance Languages	0	0	10	0	4	0	14
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Area Studies	0	0	5	2	5	0	12
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	4	0	8	0	12
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Mathematics	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Physics	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Public Health	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
Museum Studies	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
General Physical Sciences	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Anthropology	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
International Business	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Writing Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
General Social Sciences	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Public Administration	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Science, Technology & Society	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	11	77	2,646	115	1,201	612	4,662

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 Zeuscgp under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.