John Paul
the Great Catholic University
Private College in Escondido, CA. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $56,930.
Ten years after entry, the median John Paul the Great Catholic University student earns $56,930 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,968, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
80% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 216 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 43% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 24% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 505–660 | 18 (24%) |
| SAT Math | 470–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–28 | 10 (14%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 85%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 297 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $35,175 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The income table below is the number that matters — $27,029 at $0–30k versus $38,282 at $110k+. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $15,479 on average. About 53% 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 · 67 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 | $27,029 |
| $30–48k | $35,037 |
| $48–75k | $31,236 |
| $75–110k | $32,194 |
| $110k+ | $38,282 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 157 of these 297 students, totalling $1,203,420 — an average of $7,665 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego 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)