by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Saint Francis University was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.
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Saint Francis is ranked #1,416 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Saint Francis also holds the #82 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
Saint Francis University has an acceptance rate of 73%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 61% of students accepted to Saint Francis submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 610.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Saint Francis University, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Saint Francis University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Saint Francis University has a freshmen retention rate of 85%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Saint Francis for first-time, full-time students is 65%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,279 undergraduates at Saint Francis with 1,484 being full-time and 795 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Saint Francis, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Saint Francis, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $16,133 a year. That adds up to $64,532 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Saint Francis University.
Contact details for Saint Francis are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 117 Evergreen Dr, Loretto, PA 15940 |
| Phone: | 814-472-3000 |
| Website: | www.francis.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 105 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 92 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 84 | $42,706 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 76 | NA |
| Nursing | 38 | $72,930 |
| Accounting | 21 | $49,800 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 17 | NA |
| General Biology | 16 | $25,411 |
| Behavioral Science | 16 | NA |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 15 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,151 students took at least one online class at Saint Francis University. This is a decrease from the 1,230 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,151 | 459 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,230 | 471 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,369 | 504 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,000 | 458 |
Learn more about online learning at Saint Francis University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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