by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Saint Louis University was awarded 91 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health information management.
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College Factual ranked SLU as #243 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SLU held the #244 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 48 colleges in Missouri, SLU is ranked at #4.
When it comes to admittance, Saint Louis University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 85%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 9% of students accepted to SLU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 690. Math scores were between 600 and 710.
At SLU, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Saint Louis University is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Saint Louis University has a freshmen retention rate of 87%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SLU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 73%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,723 undergraduates at SLU with 6,847 being full-time and 876 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,096 | $23,142 | $21,320 | $24,109 | $31,352 |
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 SLU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SLU, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $7,390 a year. That adds up to $29,560 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SLU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One North Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63103-2097 |
| Phone: | 314-977-2222 |
| Website: | www.slu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 298 | $70,226 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 193 | NA |
| Law | 186 | NA |
| Medicine | 166 | NA |
| Biology & Biotech Lab Technician | 131 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 109 | $48,436 |
| Health & Physical Education | 99 | NA |
| Social Work | 94 | NA |
| General Biology | 90 | $34,620 |
| Business Administration & Management | 89 | $48,371 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 3,021 students took at least one online class at Saint Louis University. This is a decrease from the 3,538 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,021 | 1,218 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,538 | 1,352 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,990 | 2,543 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,838 | 1,113 |
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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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