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Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

https://www.sju.edu

#224 National Colleges

74.98% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

4,679 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, highly residential
  • Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh oldest Jesuit university in the United States and one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. It is named after the legal father of Jesus, Saint Joseph.

Saint Joseph's University educates over 9,200 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students each year through the Erivan K. Haub School of Business, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Health Studies and Education. The University offers over 60 undergraduate majors, 53 graduate programs, 28 study-abroad programs, 12 special-study options, a co-op program, a joint degree program with Thomas Jefferson University, and an Ed.

D. in Educational Leadership. It has 17 centers and institutes, including the Kinney Center for Autism Education & Support and the Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics.

St. Joe's athletics teams, the Hawks, are an NCAA Division I program, competing in the Atlantic-10 Conference and Philadelphia's Big 5. The official colors of the university are crimson and gray. The school mascot is the Hawk, which never stops flapping its wings while in costume.

"Saint Joseph's University." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University.
Location

City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Locale
City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 55.6%
Social Sciences 6.2%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 6.1%
Education 5.9%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 5.8%
Health Professions And Related Programs 5.7%
Psychology 4.9%
English Language And Literature/Letters 2.8%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 2.2%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 1.5%
Physical Sciences 1.1%
Visual And Performing Arts 0.7%
History 0.6%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.4%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.3%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.2%
Natural Resources And Conservation 0.1%

Cost

Tuition
$46,550.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
50.88%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$33,375.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1217 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 650 600 550
Verbal 650 610 570

ACT Scores

26 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 0 0 0
English 0 0 0