The College
of Saint Scholastica
Private College in Duluth, MN. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $65,934.
Students who entered The College of Saint Scholastica reach a median of $65,934 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 71% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $20,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 2.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
The College of Saint Scholastica admits 93% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 2,387, typical for a school of this reach. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 25% of enrolled first-years submitted an ACT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | — | 1 (1%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 19–25 | 94 (25%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 71% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 82% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 1,725 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,083 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $14,433 at the $0–30k band to $36,051 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $26,646. 54% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 347 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 | $14,433 |
| $30–48k | $20,420 |
| $48–75k | $23,562 |
| $75–110k | $26,047 |
| $110k+ | $36,051 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 935 of these 1,725 students, totalling $6,745,937 — an average of $7,215 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)