St. John's University-New York

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for St. John's University-New York

St. John's University-New York operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Queens, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 9,477 students of which 16,998 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. St. John's University-New York 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 83.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,244 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,999, with published in-state tuition of $53,020 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 67.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.7%. Graduates earn a median of $69,571 ten years after enrolling, compared with $54,189 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 576600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.4% 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.