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St. John's College

Private College in Springfield, IL. Median 10-year earnings $86,331.

Verdict High-return
St. John's College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$86,331
Median debt at grad
$18,750
Federal loan default
0%

A decade after enrolling, the median St. John's College student earns $86,331 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Median debt at graduation is $18,750, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
—
Transfer-out rate
—
Student:faculty
11:1

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 76 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
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Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
100%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
76%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 76 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $16,317. Most students borrow — 76% take federal loans to cover the gap.

Federal student loans went to 58 of these 76 students, totalling $582,642 — an average of $10,046 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Sangamon County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$829/mo
1 bedroom
$970/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,203/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
3
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate St. John's College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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