St Bonaventure University
Private College in Saint Bonaventure, NY. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $57,214.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $57,214 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,000, 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
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
82% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 4,207 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 17%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 19% 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 | 535–650 | 111 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 530–640 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–30 | 14 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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67% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 86%, 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. Transfer-out runs to 26% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 13:1 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 1,893 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,373 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,651 at $0–30k versus $30,441 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $23,195. Borrowing is widespread: 94% 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 · 574 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 | $15,651 |
| $30–48k | $17,949 |
| $48–75k | $24,097 |
| $75–110k | $30,751 |
| $110k+ | $30,441 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,785 of these 1,893 students, totalling $20,846,127 — an average of $11,679 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cattaraugus 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)