The College of Saint Scholastica Overview

Located in Duluth, Minnesota, The College of Saint Scholastica is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Duluth makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is The College of Saint Scholastica Known For?

• The student loan default rate at St. Scholastica is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at St. Scholastica.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from St. Scholastica with a bachelor's degree make about $51,400 a year. That's 26% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average St. Scholastica student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

The College of Saint Scholastica Rankings

St. Scholastica is ranked #241 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.

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.

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#23	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#60	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#79	Best Doctor’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 St. Scholastica.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Multilingual Education Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#92	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#170	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#12	Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#41	Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools	College Factual
#74	Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools	College Factual
#92	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#157	Best Nursing Schools	College Factual
#234	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is The College of Saint Scholastica?

Contact details for St. Scholastica are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811-4199
Phone:	218-723-6000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/stscholastica
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/stscholastica

How Do I Get Into St. Scholastica?

You can apply to St. Scholastica online at: www.css.edu/apply-now.html

Admission Requirements for St. Scholastica

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Scholastica?

With an acceptance rate of 73%, St. Scholastica 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 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 63%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to St. Scholastica submitted their SAT scores.St. Scholastica received ACT scores from 66% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 21 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford The College of Saint Scholastica?

The overall average net price of St. Scholastica is $35,377. 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. Scholastica, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $11,209 a year. That adds up to $44,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Scholastica is 3.1%. 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.

The College of Saint Scholastica Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,244 undergraduate students at St. Scholastica, with 1,934 being full-time and 310 being part-time.

There are also 1,468 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,934 full-time undergraduates at St. Scholastica, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	50
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	1,594
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	135

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at The College of Saint Scholastica. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 42 countries are represented at St. Scholastica. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at The College of Saint Scholastica

In 2019-2020, 1,344 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 5th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of St. Scholastica

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The College of Saint Scholastica was -5.9%. This is the #1,943 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Scholastica regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at St. Scholastica ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at St. Scholastica.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Multilingual Education	#43
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#85
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#147
Instructional Media Design	#295
Curriculum & Instruction	#314
Information Technology	#352
Computer Information Systems	#437
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#448

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%.

The College of Saint Scholastica Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	312	1	2	67	382
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	35	158	193
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	33	14	77	0	124
Social Work	6	71	0	30	0	107
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1	31	3	63	0	98
General Business/Commerce	0	1	0	77	0	78
Business Administration & Management	0	39	11	9	0	59
General Psychology	0	59	0	0	0	59
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	27	0	21	0	48
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	42	0	42
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	4	35	0	0	39
General Biology	0	32	0	0	0	32
Computer Information Systems	0	25	0	2	0	27
Human Resource Management	0	19	2	0	0	21
Marketing	0	21	0	0	0	21
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	13	0	0	0	13
Finance & Financial Management	0	13	0	0	0	13
Accounting	0	12	0	0	0	12
Instructional Media Design	0	0	10	0	0	10
General English Literature	0	9	0	0	0	9
Romance Languages	0	8	0	0	0	8
Communication & Media Studies	0	6	0	0	0	6
Multilingual Education	0	0	6	0	0	6
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	6	0	0	0	6
International Studies	0	5	0	0	0	5
Health Sciences & Services	0	4	0	0	0	4
Mathematics	0	4	0	0	0	4
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	3	0	0	3
Alternative Medicine & Systems	0	3	0	0	0	3
Chemistry	0	3	0	0	0	3
Educational Administration	0	0	2	0	0	2
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	2	0	0	2
History	0	2	0	0	0	2
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	1	0	0	1
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	0	1	0	0	0	1
Sustainability Science	0	1	0	0	0	1
Philosophy	0	1	0	0	0	1
Religious Studies	0	1	0	0	0	1
Other Physical Science	0	1	0	0	0	1
Economics	0	1	0	0	0	1
General Social Sciences	0	1	0	0	0	1
Fine & Studio Arts	0	1	0	0	0	1
Music	0	1	0	0	0	1
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	771	90	358	225	1,451

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 Brynn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.