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Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·sjcme.edu
6-yr Graduation
66%
+1.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
1,454
peer median 1,894
Avg net price
$27,555
-$2.0k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
2,025
2,025 candidates competed
Admitted
1,691
83.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
203
12.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
66%+1.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
44%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
66%
Full-time retention
75%

Pell equity

30.2pp gap
Pell recipients
44%35 of 80
Non-Pell (all)
74%155 of 209
Subsidized loan, no Pell
63%71 of 113
No Federal Aid
88%84 of 96

Non-Pell students graduate at a 30.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 59 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 49 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
59
Passing
10
16.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

59programs
  • Passing10 · 16.9%
  • No Data49 · 83.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
9
No data
49

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

10
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+22.9%
$42,792 vs $34,808
Theological and Ministerial Studies
Master's Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
+35.8%
$60,474 vs $44,535
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
+46.0%
$67,731 vs $46,391
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+54.7%
$53,842 vs $34,808
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+61.4%
$97,024 vs $60,112
Marketing
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+90.3%
$66,233 vs $34,808
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+102.0%
$70,318 vs $34,808
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+103.1%
$122,067 vs $60,112

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
63%
$27,000 debt · $42,792 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
50%
$27,000 debt · $53,842 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
38%
$27,000 debt · $70,318 earn
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
35%
$23,539 debt · $67,731 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
32%
$27,000 debt · $84,796 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
31%
$37,687 debt · $122,067 earn
Theological and Ministerial Studies
Master's Degree · Theology And Religious Vocations
28%
$17,053 debt · $60,474 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
15%
$14,001 debt · $95,515 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 1961Next review Jun 2032

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 4

  1. Apr 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education
  2. May 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  3. May 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  4. Apr 2012Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$20,728
$30–48k$20,376
$48–75k$24,886
$75–110k$28,819
$110k+$32,613

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$27,555
-$1,975vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $29,531
Federal loans
59.6%
In-state tuition
$44,420
Out-of-state
$44,420

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 370 students received $1.8M in Pell grants, alongside $8.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
370
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.8M
$1,794,948 total
Direct Loans
$8.7M
1,488 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

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’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.1M
531 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.7M
700 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.9M
156 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.9M
98 loan awards
Grad PLUS$41K
3 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 513 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (0.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.9%
-1.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
513
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.3%
2017
4.8%
2018
4.3%
2019
0.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at SJCME

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs65
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

366 total completions
01Health Professions
15141.3%
02Business
6417.5%
03Theology
3810.4%
04Education
359.6%
05Parks/Recreation
297.9%
06Biological Sciences
143.8%
07Public Admin
143.8%
08Security/Protective
102.7%
09Psychology
61.6%
10Liberal Arts
51.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
1,454
12-mo unduplicated
2,016
Undergraduate
1,390
Graduate
626

Gender split

Men
38%775
Women
62%1,241

Race / ethnicity composition

White
69.9%
Unknown
10.8%
Black
8.0%
Hispanic
6.4%
Two or more
3.2%
Asian
1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
369
190 M · 179 W
Women athletes
48.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$2.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$2K
$5K
Head-coach salaries
$48K
$47K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
83 M · 64 W
$262K
Lacrosse
41 M · 24 W
$276K
Soccer
31 M · 26 W
$246K
Baseball
40 M · —
$295K
Basketball
18 M · 15 W
$338K
Field Hockey
— · 25 W
$147K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
3.42
5 offenses · 1,463 students

3-year trend

3.242 yrs ago2.031 yr ago3.42Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
12
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
5
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
5

By location

5total
  • On campus5

Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
10.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
58

SJCME vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions SJCME selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectSaint Joseph's College of Maine
66%—1,454$27,555Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Saint Joseph
64%78.6%1,952$27,989Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Lasell University
59%81.2%1,668$27,511Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rhode Island School of Design
89%18.7%2,520$50,507Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Cambridge College
13%—1,835$31,072Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Salve Regina University
77%68.2%2,791$36,967Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median65%73.4%1,894$29,531

Institutions like SJCME

Explore the federal data for institutions in SJCME's comparison group.

IPEDS

SJCME Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Team
3 members
  • David Roussel
    Interim Director of Institutional Research
  • Nannan Dong
    Institutional Research Administrator
  • Robert Palko
    Registrar/Director of Institutional Research

Frequently asked questions about Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about SJCME.

What is the graduation rate at Saint Joseph's College of Maine?

Saint Joseph's College of Maine reports a 6-year graduation rate of 66% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Saint Joseph's College of Maine?

Saint Joseph's College of Maine reports a total enrollment of 1,454 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Saint Joseph's College of Maine?

The average net price at Saint Joseph's College of Maine is $27,555 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Saint Joseph's College of Maine?

Saint Joseph's College of Maine's yield rate is 12.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Saint Joseph's College of Maine located?

Saint Joseph's College of Maine is located in Standish, Maine 04084-5263.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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