by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
St Catherine University was awarded 27 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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St. Kate's is ranked #362 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 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 St. Kate's held the #395 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
St. Kate's is also ranked #9 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
St Catherine University has an acceptance rate of 93%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for St. Kate's.
About 1% of students accepted to St. Kate's submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 605 and 715. Math scores were between 550 and 735.
The student to faculty ratio at St. Kate's is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 Catherine University is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
St Catherine University has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. 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 St. Kate's the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 55%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at St Catherine University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,983 undergraduates at St. Kate's with 1,898 being full-time and 1,085 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,616 | $14,532 | $17,369 | $17,348 | $24,384 |
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 St. Kate's, 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 St. Kate's, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $6,857 a year. That adds up to $27,428 over four years for those students.
See which majors at St Catherine University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of St Catherine University.
Contact details for St. Kate's are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2004 Randolph Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105 |
| Phone: | 651-690-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.stkate.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 290 | $76,084 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 219 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 119 | $72,272 |
| Business Administration & Management | 96 | $54,419 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 86 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 75 | $32,946 |
| Public Health | 72 | $42,407 |
| Social Work | 72 | $44,257 |
| Library & Information Science | 48 | NA |
| General Psychology | 31 | $32,426 |
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, 2,182 students took at least one online class at St Catherine University. This is an increase from the 2,030 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,182 | 1,043 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,030 | 880 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,058 | 2,430 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,673 | 1,006 |
Learn more about online learning at St Catherine University.
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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