St. Mary's University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for St. Mary's University

St. Mary's University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in San Antonio, Texas (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,951 students of which 2,364 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. Mary's University is categorized as “18” 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 97.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,089. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,145, with published in-state tuition of $37,434 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,563, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.0%. Graduates earn a median of $56,955 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,130 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 121500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.9% 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.