Saint Mary's
University of Minnesota
Private College in Winona, MN. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $58,170.
Students who entered Saint Mary's University of Minnesota land at a median of $58,170 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 66% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $21,500 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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 Mary's University of Minnesota admits 93% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is small at 1,441, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,061 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,032 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,182 at $0–30k against $6,135 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $29,256, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 47% of students.
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 · 272 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 | $16,182 |
| $30–48k | $15,175 |
| $48–75k | $15,030 |
| $75–110k | $14,771 |
| $110k+ | $6,135 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 500 of these 1,061 students, totalling $3,218,331 — an average of $6,437 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Winona 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)