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St. Joseph's College - New York was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general special education.
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SJC landed the #666 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SJC held the #1,206 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SJC also holds the #61 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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When it comes to admittance, St. Joseph's College - New York is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 77%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 14% of students accepted to SJC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 648. Math scores were between 553 and 658.
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At SJC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at St. Joseph's College - New York is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
St. Joseph's College - New York has a freshmen retention rate of 82%. 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 SJC for first-time, full-time students is 59%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,903 undergraduates at SJC with 3,433 being full-time and 470 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,644 | $16,121 | $16,937 | $18,737 | $21,226 |
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 SJC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SJC, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,452 a year. That adds up to $25,808 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SJC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 245 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205-3688 |
| Phone: | 718-940-5300 |
| Website: | www.sjny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Special Education | 310 | $35,041 |
| Business Administration & Management | 185 | $42,326 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 133 | $40,790 |
| Nursing | 121 | $96,958 |
| General Psychology | 77 | $32,041 |
| Accounting | 52 | $49,789 |
| Political Science & Government | 52 | $34,334 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 47 | $35,794 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 43 | $38,090 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 40 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,354 students took at least one online class at St. Joseph's College - New York. This is a decrease from the 2,588 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,354 | 613 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,588 | 819 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,865 | 1,611 |
| 2018-2019 | 334 | 37 |
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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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