by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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 Peter's University was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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Saint Peter's College is ranked #1,630 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Saint Peter's College is also ranked #40 out of 45 schools in New Jersey.
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Saint Peter's College has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Saint Peter's College it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Peter's University is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Saint Peter's University has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. 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 Saint Peter's College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 42%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Saint Peter’s University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,355 undergraduates at Saint Peter's College with 2,038 being full-time and 317 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,652 | $14,743 | $10,134 | $14,622 | $20,142 |
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 Peter's College, 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 Saint Peter's College, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $6,551 a year. That adds up to $26,204 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Saint Peter's College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2641 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07306-5997 |
| Phone: | 201-761-7400 |
| Website: | www.saintpeters.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 91 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 78 | $27,543 |
| Computer Information Systems | 54 | $32,169 |
| General Biology | 53 | $33,779 |
| Nursing | 50 | $88,259 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 46 | $28,558 |
| Computational Science | 44 | NA |
| Accounting | 42 | $40,562 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 40 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 37 | $42,046 |
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, 2,781 students took at least one online class at Saint Peter's University. This is an increase from the 1,654 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,781 | 953 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,654 | 831 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,026 | 2,093 |
| 2018-2019 | 831 | 254 |
Learn more about online learning at Saint Peter’s 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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