Mount St. Joseph University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Mount St. Joseph University

Mount St. Joseph University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,129 students of which 1,507 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Mount St. Joseph University is categorized as “17” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 59.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,183 and an ACT midpoint of 24. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,530, with published in-state tuition of $38,150 and a Pell grant recipient share of 30.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,827, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 55.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 68.7%. Graduates earn a median of $51,509 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,595 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 97600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.