Saint Vincent College
Private College in Latrobe, PA. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $59,982.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $59,982 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 69% of students finish within six years. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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 Vincent College accepts 62% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool runs to 2,613, typical for a school of this reach. 20% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, 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 | 510–620 | 174 (53%) |
| SAT Math | 510–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–27 | 27 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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69% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 16% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,263 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,758 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,249 at the $0–30k band to $26,448 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $39,951, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 83% 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 · 293 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 | $17,249 |
| $30–48k | $18,117 |
| $48–75k | $19,637 |
| $75–110k | $23,382 |
| $110k+ | $26,448 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,043 of these 1,263 students, totalling $7,087,898 — an average of $6,796 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westmoreland 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)