University of
Saint Mary
Private College in Leavenworth, KS. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $59,483.
Students who entered University of Saint Mary land at a median of $59,483 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 48% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,018, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
Admission is not the constraint here: 87% of applicants are accepted. Only 1,159 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 21% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 6% 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 | 378–518 | 12 (6%) |
| SAT Math | 428–510 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–24 | 73 (35%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. 65% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. With 35% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 889 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,020 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $21,899 at $0–30k, $26,595 at $110k+. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $22,460 on average. 80% 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 · 220 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 | $21,899 |
| $30–48k | $16,474 |
| $48–75k | $17,722 |
| $75–110k | $21,597 |
| $110k+ | $26,595 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 712 of these 889 students, totalling $6,582,283 — an average of $9,245 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Leavenworth 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)