The College of Saint Scholastica Teaching Programs

The College of Saint Scholastica is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Duluth, Minnesota. Duluth is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is The College of Saint Scholastica?

Contact details for St. Scholastica are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811-4199
Phone:	218-723-6000
Website:	www.css.edu

How Do I Get Into St. Scholastica?

You can apply to St. Scholastica online at: www.css.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for St. Scholastica

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Scholastica?

St. Scholastica has an acceptance rate of 74%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% of students accepted to St. Scholastica submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 555 and 650. Math scores were between 555 and 660.

St. Scholastica received ACT scores from 34% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 22 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford The College of Saint Scholastica?

The overall average net price of St. Scholastica is $35,377. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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. Scholastica, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $11,453 a year. That adds up to $45,812 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Scholastica is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

The College of Saint Scholastica Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,144 undergraduate students at St. Scholastica, with 1,804 being full-time and 340 being part-time.

There are also 1,368 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,804 full-time undergraduates at St. Scholastica, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The College of Saint Scholastica students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	39
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	72
White	1,469
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	104

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at The College of Saint Scholastica. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 42 countries are represented at St. Scholastica. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at The College of Saint Scholastica

In 2020-2021, 1,374 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at St. Scholastica has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of St. Scholastica

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The College of Saint Scholastica was -5.9%. This is the #1,352 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Scholastica regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Brynn under License

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