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St. John's College

University or collegePrivate nonprofitSanta Fe, NMwww.sjc.edu ↗

St. John's College is a private nonprofit university in Santa Fe, NM, with about 409 students on campus. It admits 53% of applicants, the average family on aid pays $26,674 a year, and 55% of students graduate.

Students on campus

409

369 undergrad · 78 grad · 38 online only

Admission rate

53%

more selective than 82% of 4-year colleges

Net price a year

$26,674

costs less than 24% of 4-year colleges

Graduation rate

55%

higher than 50% of 4-year colleges

Earnings, 10 yrs later

$44,985

higher than 60% of U.S. colleges

Getting in

How hard is it to get into St. John's College?

53%of applicants admitted

SAT reading

200800

680–750

SAT math

200800

610–710

ACT composite

136

28–34

The middle 50% of admitted students who sent scores: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1426.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $55,824 a year

Before any grants

$40,504

$16,088

Tuition & fees $40,504Room & board $16,088Books & supplies $426

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships

$16k

$17k

$19k

$22k

$36k

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $16,014 a year; families over $110,000 pay about $35,680.

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

368 degree-seeking undergrads

White 64%Hispanic 11%Black 1%Asian 1%Two or more 7%International 12%

Women and men

undergraduates

Women 50%Men 50%

8 : 1students per teacher

27%get Pell grants (lower income)

7%undergrads 25 or older

1%study part time

Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities59 graduates a year · typical debt $26,697

$30,7784 yrs out

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate

55%

within 6 years · Pell students 42%

Come back for year two

82%

full-time first-year students

Earnings, 10 years later

$44,985

median, students on federal aid

Typical debt

—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

71%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 88% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income when they enrolled

Lower income (under $30k)$44,002

Middle income ($30–75k)$47,493

Higher income (over $75k)$49,771

The town around it

Living in Santa Fe

6% of Santa Fe’s 89,019 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Santa Fe pages.

$1,463/momedian rent · 37% above the stateHousing in Santa Fe → $444,900median home value · 79% above the stateHousing in Santa Fe → 18° / 86°January low / July high · 20" of snowClimate in Santa Fe →

Other colleges within 30 miles

Southwest University of Naprapathic Medicine 2.1 miSanta Fe Community College 6.4 miInstitute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 7.8 miSouthwestern College 8.1 miNorthern New Mexico College 25.2 mi University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus 27.4 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.