Saint Francis University
Private College in Loretto, PA. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $62,101.
A decade after enrolling, the median Saint Francis University student earns $62,101 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 74% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree. On economic mobility, 2.2% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
Saint Francis University accepts 77% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool runs to 2,623, typical for a school of this reach. Only 20% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 38% 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 | 530–620 | 148 (38%) |
| SAT Math | 520–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–27 | 34 (9%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Saint Francis University →Academics
A 74% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. With 2,429 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,598 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,326 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $21,906 at $0–30k, $22,945 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $32,212. Borrowing is widespread: 56% take federal loans.
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 · 379 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 | $21,906 |
| $30–48k | $19,995 |
| $48–75k | $22,677 |
| $75–110k | $28,717 |
| $110k+ | $22,945 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 902 of these 1,598 students, totalling $8,215,947 — an average of $9,109 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cambria 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)