- The Inkwell
- Louisiana
- Saint Joseph Seminary College
St. Benedict, LARural: fringeZIP 70457Founded 1889
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1889
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.sjasc.edu
LouisianaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Saint Joseph Seminary College
Saint Joseph Seminary College is a private nonprofit faith-based college in St. Benedict, Louisiana, with 93 undergraduates. It graduates 54% within six years and costs $52,272 a year after aid.
54%graduate
Retention71%
4-year graduation54%
Pell Grant share8.4%
Federal loans5.3%
$52,272net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
54%graduate in 6 years
$35,921median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,638 of 1,704 for earnings#1,730 of 1,739 for lowest net price#900 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $52,272tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $29,105
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $29,105
- Average net price
- $52,272national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+$52,272
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college71%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college54%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college8.4%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 54%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 54%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 48%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,951
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,921middle 50%: $28,359–$51,653
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$51,653
Median, Saint Joseph Seminary College$35,921
Lower quarter$28,359
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 93
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 0% / 100%
- Average age at entry
- 22.5
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 8.4%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,877 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $32,262
- Endowment, end of year
- $525,242
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White59%
Hispanic23%
Black1.1%
Asian5.4%
Two or more races5.4%
U.S. nonresident2.1%
Unknown4.3%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Philosophy & religious studies100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 160409. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7401567.