University of
St Francis
Private College in Joliet, IL. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $63,926.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of St Francis student earns $63,926 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 67% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $21,079 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
65% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,250 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 14% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 17% 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 | 520–610 | 36 (17%) |
| SAT Math | 510–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–32 | 5 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 79% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,288 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,045 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $8,547 at $0–30k versus $20,192 at $110k+. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $28,878, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 83% 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 · 238 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 | $8,547 |
| $30–48k | $5,584 |
| $48–75k | $10,749 |
| $75–110k | $11,311 |
| $110k+ | $20,192 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,063 of these 1,288 students, totalling $4,928,614 — an average of $4,637 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Will 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)