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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $69,571 ten years after enrolling, more than at 83% of colleges; 70% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.2 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$69.6K
$69.6K
← $24.8Khigher than 83% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$54.2K
10 years after entry$69.6K

Staying and finishing

79%

Retention

come back for year two

70%

Graduation

graduate within six years

National median graduation rate: 59%

What graduates owe

Median debt at graduation, federal loans only

$25K

According to St. John's University-New York's most recent Common Data Set, 74% of its Class of 2016 graduates (1,549 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $34,234 among those who did.

Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.

Everyone who starts here, 8 years later

Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.

71 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 23 more are enrolled at another college. (3,850 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.

Pell Grant recipients66%
Students without a Pell Grant74%
How long it takes

56 of 100 finish within 4 years, 70 within 6, and 71 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students56%70%71%
Started in college here55%70%71%
Transferred in65%69%70%

Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.

National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.

Do lower-income students finish?

Pell Grant recipients: 61%, 11 points below students with no need-based federal aid (72%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients1,148 students

    61% · 11 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant554 students

    63% · 9 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,397 students

    72% · comparison group

All students in this class: 66%

By race and ethnicity

First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.

  • White1,202 students

    73% · 7 points above all students

  • Asian486 students

    69% · 3 points above all students

  • Hispanic/Latino635 students

    59% · 8 points below all students

  • Black451 students

    57% · 9 points below all students

  • Two or more races148 students

    61% · 5 points below all students

  • International143 students

    57% · 9 points below all students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native3 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander3 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 66%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus St. John's University-New York. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.

PublicPrivateDot size = undergrads

↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)

Lower cost, higher earnings$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$100K$120K$140K$160K$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K$70K$80KSt. John's University-New York
Average cost per year, all students (est.) → more expensive

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;St. John's University-New York Common Data Set 2016–17, Class of 2016About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)