College of
Saint Mary
Private College in Omaha, NE. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $54,338.
Ten years after entry, the median College of Saint Mary student earns $54,338 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 61% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $24,250, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Admissions
At 45%, the acceptance rate makes College of Saint Mary a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool is small at 533, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield sits at 35% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 7 (9%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 18–26 | 65 (79%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 61%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 33% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 455 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,078 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,090 while those at $110k+ pay $23,898. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $17,246, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 53% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 89 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 | $14,090 |
| $30–48k | $12,713 |
| $48–75k | $9,320 |
| $75–110k | $15,242 |
| $110k+ | $23,898 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 239 of these 455 students, totalling $1,436,947 — an average of $6,012 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Douglas 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)