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Saint Joseph's College of Maine is a private regional university located in Standish, Maine. Saint Joseph's College of Maine is very inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at Saint Joseph's College of Maine is in the bottom 50% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $49,797 10 years after enrolling, 5th in Maine, and in the top 50% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Saint Joseph's College of Maine bachelor students earn 3% less than the national average. Saint Joseph's College of Maine is ranked 7th in Maine.
Saint Joseph's College of Maine’s median net annual cost of $27,595 and average years to graduate of 4.1 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 6 programs at Saint Joseph's College of Maine sorted by number of graduates - Registered Nursing, Health & Fitness, Diagnostic, Intervention & Treatment , Business Administration, Accounting, Education - are shown below. To see more programs, click on "see additional programs".
Annual net cost
$27,595
Average years to graduate
4.1
When a school's graduation rate falls in the bottom 25% in the country, we do not display an economic ranking.
When a school's graduation rate falls in the bottom 25% in the country, we do not display an economic ranking.
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When a school's graduation rate falls in the bottom 25% in the country, we do not display an economic ranking.
Economic score: 135.01
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 4 graduate programs at Saint Joseph's College of Maine - Education, Registered Nursing, Theological Studies, Public Health - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.1 years. 63% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Saint Joseph's College of Maine is 2% higher than the state average, and 5% above the average for all regional universities in the country.
At Saint Joseph's College of Maine, Pell Grant recipients represent 21% of the measured graduating class, 14% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Saint Joseph's College of Maine graduates within 4 years.
Saint Joseph's College of Maine is in the bottom 10% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Saint Joseph's College of Maine’s economic mobility score of 4.47 is calculated by adjusting the 7.03 economic score of lower-income students by the 21% pell grant recipients within the student body. Saint Joseph's College of Maine’s EMS of 4.47 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Bottom 5%
The average Title IV recipient at Saint Joseph's College of Maine pays $27,595 a year, $28,625 less than the $56,220 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $27,595
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Saint Joseph's College of Maine, 100% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $27,595 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 85% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $12,039. This is 31% more than the national average.
Federal grants
$5,785
Pell grants
$4,221
State grants
$1,446
Institutional grants
$22,755
Saint Joseph's College of Maine offers 9 online bachelor programs, 4 of which are held exclusively online. At the master’s level Saint Joseph's College of Maine offers 8 programs, all of which are held exclusively online. We use the IPEDS July '20 — July '21 Distance Education report to determine which programs are online. EarningsPlus data is provided when available.
Online programs
17
Hybrid programs
5
Percentage of programs online
31%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine's very inclusive admissions are indicated by their 81% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 1,354 applicants, of which 1,091 were admitted and 208 enrolled. Saint Joseph's College of Maine has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
Full time
46%
83%
Female
64%
59%
First time
41%
59%
In-state
46%
68%
1st generation
31%
35%
White
21%
52%
Black
1%
14%
Hispanic
4%
15%
Asian
N/A
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
73%
12%