10-yr median earnings
$49,295
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Detroit, Michigan
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Sacred Heart Major Seminary is a private nonprofit institution in Detroit, Michigan. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $49,295
- 10-yr median earnings
- 100.0%
- Acceptance rate
- $11,916
- Avg net price / yr
The verdict
Sacred Heart Major Seminary pairs above-median former-student earnings with open admission.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 30%
- former-student earnings, US
- 100.0%
- acceptance rate
City: Large
Carnegie: Bacc: A&S
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Sacred Heart Major Seminary profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B
College Value Score
74/100
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings B-
$49,295
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B
$11,916
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention A+
100.0%
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$11,916
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Sacred Heart Major Seminary vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Sacred Heart Major Seminary ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Sacred Heart Major Seminary: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$49,295 Top 30% higher than 70% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Sacred Heart Major Seminary | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $49,295 | #1535 of 5103 | 70th |
| Average net price | $11,916 | #1480 of 5020 | 71st (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 178 | #3759 of 5462 | 31st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
178
Undergraduate enrollment
100.0%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$49,295
10-yr median earnings
100.0%
First-year retention
How Sacred Heart Major Seminary ranks in Michigan
State rank among 145 reporting Michigan colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Sacred Heart Major Seminary | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $49,295 | #36 of 145 | 75th |
| Average net price | $11,916 | #40 of 138 | 71st (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 178 | #92 of 149 | 38th |
Highest former-student earnings in Michigan
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kettering University | $94,823 | $34,660 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Michigan | $92,405 | $28,045 |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | $83,648 | $13,138 |
| 4 | Michigan Technological University | $78,198 | $14,182 |
| 5 | Walsh College | $72,081 | - |
| 6 | University of Detroit Mercy | $71,030 | $15,232 |
| 7 | Lawrence Technological University | $69,151 | $32,918 |
| 8 | Michigan State University | $67,253 | $19,680 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo College | $65,590 | $19,072 |
| 10 | Thomas M Cooley Law School | $63,450 | - |
| 11 | Northwood University | $63,075 | $27,232 |
| 12 | Universal Technical Institute-Canton | $62,575 | $22,985 |
| 36 | Sacred Heart Major SeminaryThis school | $49,295 | $11,916 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 100.0% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $24,120 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $24,120 |
| Average Net Price | $11,916 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $11,916 |
7.0%
Pell Grant Rate
1.6%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Sacred Heart Major Seminary swings rather than trends
Across 5 reported years between 2015 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $10,371 to $21,495 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -19.5%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$10,371
Highest year
$21,495
Most recent (2023)
$10,371
5 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2015 · $12,8822023 · $10,371
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2015–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
100.0%
Retention Rate
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 100.0% |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $49,295 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theological and Ministerial Studies | Master's | 16 | $69,654 | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Sacred Heart Major Seminary? ▼
Sacred Heart Major Seminary is a private nonprofit institution in Detroit, Michigan. The acceptance rate is 100.0%. Undergraduate enrollment is 178 students.
How much do Sacred Heart Major Seminary former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Sacred Heart Major Seminary who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $49,295 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates.
How much does Sacred Heart Major Seminary cost? ▼
The average net price at Sacred Heart Major Seminary is $11,916. In-state tuition is $24,120 and out-of-state tuition is $24,120.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.