Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Winona, Minnesota (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,073 students of which 1,900 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. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 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 92.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $11,704, with published in-state tuition of $45,080 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 66.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 74.6%. Graduates earn a median of $58,170 ten years after enrolling, compared with $54,549 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 107800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 74.3% 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.