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University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·usj.edu
6-yr Graduation
64%
+0.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
1,952
peer median 1,894
Avg net price
$27,375
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Admissions & acceptance rate

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

Applied
2,050
2,050 candidates competed
Admitted
1,611
78.6% acceptance rate
Enrolled
196
12.2% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
64%+0.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
50%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
64%
Full-time retention
82%

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
58%
Non-Pell
66%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

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

Of 77 Title IV programs, 17 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 60 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
77
Passing
17
22.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

77programs
  • Passing17 · 22.1%
  • No Data60 · 77.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
15
No data
60

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.

17
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+13.5%
$75,925 vs $66,899
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+14.0%
$52,902 vs $46,391
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+27.1%
$58,976 vs $46,391
Nutrition Sciences
Master's Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+29.8%
$69,578 vs $53,607
Biology General
Master's Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+33.0%
$71,404 vs $53,672
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+35.0%
$62,650 vs $46,391
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+35.3%
$49,383 vs $36,491
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+35.7%
$49,532 vs $36,491

Debt vs earnings

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

15
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
127%
$175,143 debt · $138,455 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
95%
$133,983 debt · $141,533 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
70%
$47,404 debt · $68,123 earn
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
66%
$49,251 debt · $74,573 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
55%
$27,000 debt · $49,383 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
55%
$27,000 debt · $49,532 earn
Public Health
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
51%
$26,974 debt · $52,827 earn
Biology General
Master's Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
42%
$30,084 debt · $71,404 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 1938Next review Jun 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 11

Action history · 12

  1. Apr 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  2. Apr 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  3. Jan 2024Approved for Distance Education
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
  4. Jun 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
  5. Jun 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$21,080
$30–48k$25,118
$48–75k$27,448
$75–110k$25,346
$110k+$30,212

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

Avg net price (private)
$27,375
vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $27,375
Federal loans
75.9%
In-state tuition
$45,908
Out-of-state
$45,908

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 294 students received $1.7M in Pell grants, alongside $21.5M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
294
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.7M
$1,736,370 total
Direct Loans
$21.5M
1,893 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.0M
451 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.8M
625 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$9.9M
535 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.4M
109 loan awards
Grad PLUS$4.5M
173 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.

Of 712 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (0.7%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.7%
-1.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
712
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.5%
2017
3.4%
2018
2.6%
2019
0.7%
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 University of Saint Joseph

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs58
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

632 total completions
01Health Professions
21634.2%
02Education
16926.7%
03Public Admin
6310.0%
04Biological Sciences
518.1%
05Psychology
365.7%
06Business
345.4%
07Physical Sciences
193.0%
08Family/Consumer Sci
152.4%
09Parks/Recreation
152.4%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
142.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
1,952
12-mo unduplicated
2,249
Undergraduate
952
Graduate
1,297

Gender split

Men
24%534
Women
76%1,715

Race / ethnicity composition

White
59.3%
Hispanic
18.2%
Black
10.4%
Asian
5.7%
Two or more
3.6%
Non-resident
1.7%
Unknown
1.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
278
151 M · 127 W
Women athletes
45.7%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$2.6M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$5K
$7K
Head-coach salaries
$56K
$43K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Lacrosse
41 M · 18 W
$277K
Soccer
28 M · 24 W
$229K
Baseball
43 M ·
$194K
Basketball
18 M · 15 W
$425K
Softball
· 23 W
$71K
Swimming and Diving (combined)
6 M · 15 W
$120K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 1,992 students

3-year trend

0.432 yrs ago1.411 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
4
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
6
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

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

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs02
    Liquor043

    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.

    Student-to-faculty
    10.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    112

    University of Saint Joseph vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions University of Saint Joseph selected for federal comparison reporting.

    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
    SubjectUniversity of Saint Joseph
    64%1,952$27,375Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Saint Joseph's College of Maine
    66%83.5%1,454$24,666Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Rhode Island School of Design
    89%18.7%2,520$46,253Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    University of New Haven
    63%60.4%9,229$34,089Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Lasell University
    59%81.2%1,668$24,944Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Cambridge College
    13%1,835Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Peer group median64%70.8%1,894$27,375

    Frequently asked questions about University of Saint Joseph

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about University of Saint Joseph.

    What is the graduation rate at University of Saint Joseph?

    University of Saint Joseph reports a 6-year graduation rate of 64% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend University of Saint Joseph?

    University of Saint Joseph reports a total enrollment of 1,952 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at University of Saint Joseph?

    The average net price at University of Saint Joseph is $27,375 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at University of Saint Joseph?

    University of Saint Joseph's yield rate is 12.2%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is University of Saint Joseph located?

    University of Saint Joseph is located in West Hartford, Connecticut 06117.

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