The College of Saint Scholastica

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The College of Saint Scholastica

The College of Saint Scholastica operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Duluth, Minnesota (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 1,765 students of which 2,137 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. The College of Saint Scholastica 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 93.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,120 and an ACT midpoint of 25. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $27,846, with published in-state tuition of $41,778 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 66.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.8%. Graduates earn a median of $65,934 ten years after enrolling, compared with $62,332 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 175800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 80.9% 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.