St. John
Fisher University
Private College in Rochester, NY. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $66,944.
Ten-year median earnings of $66,944 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 74% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $23,250 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
St. John Fisher University accepts 66% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 5,050 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 20% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. 23% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 560–650 | 155 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 560–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–28 | 8 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at St. John Fisher University →Academics
A 74% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 86% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Transfer-out runs to 17% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,579 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $30,540 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $16,054 at the $0–30k band to $34,085 at $110k+. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $22,380, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 68% 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 · 611 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 | $16,054 |
| $30–48k | $17,953 |
| $48–75k | $25,992 |
| $75–110k | $30,268 |
| $110k+ | $34,085 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,756 of these 2,579 students, totalling $11,372,598 — an average of $6,476 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Monroe 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)