St Luke's College
Private College in Sioux City, IA. Six-year graduation rate 100%. Median 10-year earnings $61,033.
A decade after enrolling, the median St Luke's College student earns $61,033 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 100% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $15,000, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 80% puts St Luke's College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. With 15 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 92% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 17–23 | 11 (100%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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100% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. A 7:1 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. The undergraduate body is just 196, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 192 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,248 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,602 at the $48–75k band to $26,147 at $110k+. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $7,520, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 79% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 5 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 | — |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $15,602 |
| $75–110k | $21,818 |
| $110k+ | $26,147 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 151 of these 192 students, totalling $1,022,460 — an average of $6,771 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Woodbury 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)