University of
Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
Private College in Saint Louis, MO. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $137,047.
Ten-year median earnings of $137,047 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 65% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $17,755, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.0% of students move 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.13 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 90%, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis takes nearly everyone who applies. Only 1,398 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 21% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 530–620 | 35 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 525–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–25 | 30 (18%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis →Academics
A 65% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 32% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 274 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $33,147 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $24,456 while those at $110k+ pay $34,668. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $21,337, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 68% take federal loans.
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 · 117 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 | $24,456 |
| $30–48k | $28,969 |
| $48–75k | $22,688 |
| $75–110k | $34,490 |
| $110k+ | $34,668 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 187 of these 274 students, totalling $1,135,636 — an average of $6,073 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis City) — 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)