St Louis
College of Health Careers-Fenton
For-profit College in Fenton, MO. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $32,217.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $32,217, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 59%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $11,750, a light load against those earnings.
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
An acceptance rate of 80% puts St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. Only 70 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 61% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
59% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 559 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 559 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,395 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($24,239 versus $25,977), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,497 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 76% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 38 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 | $24,239 |
| $30–48k | $26,078 |
| $48–75k | $21,146 |
| $75–110k | $24,671 |
| $110k+ | $25,977 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 424 of these 559 students, totalling $3,595,494 — an average of $8,480 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis 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)