Saint Joseph’s University Nursing Programs

Saint Joseph's University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The location of St. Joe's is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Saint Joseph’s University?

Contact details for St. Joe's are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
Phone:	610-660-1000
Website:	www.sju.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/saintjosephsuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/saintjosephs

How Do I Get Into St. Joe’s?

You can apply to St. Joe’s online at: https://www.sju.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for St. Joe’s

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Joe’s?

With an acceptance rate of 80%, St. Joe's may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 64% of students accepted to St. Joe's submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 640.

St. Joe's received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford Saint Joseph’s University?

The overall average net price of St. Joe's is $43,647. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At St. Joe's, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $11,667 a year. That adds up to $46,668 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Joe's is 2.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Saint Joseph’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,299 undergraduate students at St. Joe's, with 3,945 being full-time and 354 being part-time.

There are also 2,480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,945 full-time undergraduates at St. Joe's, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Joseph's University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	112
Black or African American	189
Hispanic or Latino	330
White	3,095
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	159

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Joseph's University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 63 countries are represented at St. Joe's. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Saint Joseph’s University

In 2019-2020, 5,397 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at St. Joe's has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of St. Joe’s

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Joseph's University was 2.1%. This is the #1,163 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Joe's regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Saint Joseph’s University Nursing Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	TOTAL
Nurse Anesthetist	0
TOTAL	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Northjersey78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.