Franciscan University
of Steubenville
Private College in Steubenville, OH. Six-year graduation rate 78%. Median 10-year earnings $50,030.
Ten years after entry, the median Franciscan University of Steubenville student earns $50,030 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 78% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,384, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 78% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Franciscan University of Steubenville admits 58% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. 2,968 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. 42% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. The score bands below rest on the 29% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 590–700 | 201 (29%) |
| SAT Math | 520–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–29 | 149 (21%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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78% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 63% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,776 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,086 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($19,696 versus $25,675), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 94% receive grants worth $21,214 on average. 56% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 655 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 | $19,696 |
| $30–48k | $18,616 |
| $48–75k | $20,288 |
| $75–110k | $20,744 |
| $110k+ | $25,675 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,564 of these 2,776 students, totalling $13,062,146 — an average of $8,352 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson 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)