Saint Joseph's
College of Maine
Private College in Standish, ME. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $59,045.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $59,045 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 66% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Saint Joseph's College of Maine accepts 84% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 2,025 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 12%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 10% 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 | 500–590 | 20 (10%) |
| SAT Math | 460–560 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 66% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 1,059, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 930 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $28,217 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,728 at the $0–30k band to $32,613 at $110k+. About 82% get grants averaging $27,141, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 68% 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 · 232 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 | $20,728 |
| $30–48k | $20,376 |
| $48–75k | $24,886 |
| $75–110k | $28,819 |
| $110k+ | $32,613 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 631 of these 930 students, totalling $4,204,672 — an average of $6,664 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cumberland 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)