St. John's
University-New York
Private College in Queens, NY. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $69,571.
Students who entered St. John's University-New York reach a median of $69,571 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 66% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. On economic mobility, 6.8% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Mobility score 6.8 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
83% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 24,208 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. Yield is low at 12%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 23% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, 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 | 580–670 | 538 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 570–670 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–29 | 43 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 10% return, against 79% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 9,742 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,656 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,787 at $0–30k against $33,661 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $32,737. Federal borrowing reaches 44% of students.
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 · 2,664 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 | $27,787 |
| $30–48k | $27,654 |
| $48–75k | $29,280 |
| $75–110k | $32,208 |
| $110k+ | $33,661 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,321 of these 9,742 students, totalling $44,762,267 — an average of $10,359 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Queens 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)