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University or college · Private nonprofit

St Catherine University

St. Paul, MN1,072 online only

St Catherine University is a private nonprofit university in St. Paul, MN, with about 2,461 students on campus and 1,072 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
2,461
plus 1,072 studying only online
Admission rate
92%
higher than at 80% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$19,764
lower than at 51% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
61%
higher than at 62% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$59,282
higher than at 84% of U.S. colleges
In brief

St Catherine University, in brief

Nearly all students are women

96% of St Catherine University’s undergraduates are women. The students ↓

Few families pay the sticker price

The full cost of a year is $60,476, but the average family on federal aid pays $19,764 after grants, about 67% less. What it costs ↓

St Catherine University is mostly about health professions

62% of the degrees St Catherine University awards are in health professions. Majors ↓

What you study here makes a big difference to pay

Among St Catherine University’s biggest bachelor’s programs, economics graduates earn a median $87,821 four years out. Teacher education and professional development graduates earn $48,822. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

2,473 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 47%Hispanic 14%Black 18%Asian 12%Two or more 4%

Women and men

Women 96%Men 4%
9 : 1
students per teacher
40%
get Pell grants (lower income)
59%
take federal loans
31%
undergrads 25 or older
33%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into St Catherine University?

92%

of applicants admitted

About 18 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
480–560
SAT math
370–580
ACT
20–26

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1147.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $60,476 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $51,454Room & board $12,188Books & supplies $1,000

After grants, the average family on aid pays $19,764.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$15,451

About $61,804 over 4 years · 74% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
61%
within 6 years · Pell students 56%
Come back for year two
80%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$59,282
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$24,181
about $256 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

5.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$256 a month against about $4,400 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

66%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 82% 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
$56k
Middle income$30–75k
$61k
Higher incomeover $75k
$65k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 62%Psychology 6%Business 5%Biology 4%Education 4%Public administration & social work 3%Everything else 15%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

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

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing163 graduates a year · typical debt $26,514
$86k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions52 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$83k4 yrs out
Public Health49 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$61k4 yrs out
Social Work39 graduates a year · typical debt $28,020
$62k4 yrs out
Psychology, General38 graduates a year · typical debt $26,848
$36k1 yr out
Business Administration, Management and Operations33 graduates a year · typical debt $25,000
$68k4 yrs out
Biology, General29 graduates a year · typical debt $25,250
$65k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods27 graduates a year
$49k4 yrs out
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

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Straight-line distances from St Catherine University; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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3 mi2,064 students
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4 mi4,000 students
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4 mi3,107 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.