St Catherine University
Private College in Saint Paul, MN. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $59,282.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $59,282 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 61%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $24,181, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 2.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution 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
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. 2,441 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 19%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 1% 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 | 480–560 | 5 (1%) |
| SAT Math | 370–580 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–26 | 100 (24%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 26% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,393 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,918 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $17,890 while those at $110k+ pay $27,021. About 83% get grants averaging $26,988, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 60% 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 · 362 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 | $17,890 |
| $30–48k | $15,190 |
| $48–75k | $15,451 |
| $75–110k | $19,376 |
| $110k+ | $27,021 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,428 of these 2,393 students, totalling $10,118,461 — an average of $7,086 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ramsey 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)