Calumet College
of Saint Joseph
Private College in Whiting, IN. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $46,945.
Students who entered Calumet College of Saint Joseph land at a median of $46,945 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 24% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $21,534 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 24% graduate within six years. Just 42% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 42% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 560 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,765 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $21,381 at $0–30k, $24,970 at $110k+. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $12,706, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 54% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 154 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $21,381 |
| $30–48k | $22,931 |
| $48–75k | $22,877 |
| $75–110k | $23,358 |
| $110k+ | $24,970 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 304 of these 560 students, totalling $2,526,989 — an average of $8,312 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lake County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)