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Saint Paul College

St. Paul, MN1,155 online only

Saint Paul College is a public community college in St. Paul, MN, with about 4,000 students on campus and 1,155 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
4,000
plus 1,155 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$11,495
tuition and fees $6,326; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
40%
lower than at 79% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$38,399
lower than at 58% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Saint Paul College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Saint Paul College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,261 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees (in state) $6,326Books & supplies $1,200Other costs $10,735

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,495.

Tuition and fees are $6,326 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$12,318

About $24,636 over 2 years · 33% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
40%
within 3 years · Pell students 34%
Come back for year two
60%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$38,399
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,925
about $116 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$116 a month against about $3,078 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

30%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 19% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$34k
Middle income$30–75k
$49k
Higher incomeover $75k
$53k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 24%Liberal arts 20%Culinary & personal services 16%Business 11%Construction trades 7%Computer science 7%Everything else 14%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities202 graduates a year · typical debt $14,155
$47k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions42 graduates a year · typical debt $14,793
$63k4 yrs out
Culinary Arts and Related Services18 graduates a year
$43k4 yrs out
Biology, General18 graduates a year
—not reported
Business/Commerce, General17 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Resources Management and Services16 graduates a year · typical debt $20,237
$55k4 yrs out
Computer Science14 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management14 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

3,813 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 23%Hispanic 11%Black 38%Asian 17%Two or more 5%International 4%

Women and men

Women 60%Men 40%
21 : 1
students per teacher
40%
get Pell grants (lower income)
17%
take federal loans
33%
undergrads 25 or older
55%
study part time
The town around it

Living in St. Paul

8% of St. Paul’s 306,684 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ St. Paul pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Saint Paul College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Mitchell Hamline School of LawUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
1.5 mi1,167 students
Metropolitan State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · St. Paul
1.8 mi3,156 students
Concordia University-Saint PaulUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
2.2 mi3,243 students
Macalester CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
2.9 mi2,142 students
Hamline UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
2.9 mi2,064 students
University of St ThomasUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
3.9 mi8,486 students
St Catherine UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
4 mi2,461 students
Luther SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Paul
4.9 mi258 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.