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St. John's College

St. John's College is based in the town of Santa Fe, NM — a private campus in a small-town setting. International students are a visible presence at St. John's College — 12.2% of its 368 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$14,669

family income
under $30k

$15,405

$30–48k

$18,836

$48–75k

$26,282

$75–110k

$35,017

over $110k

Average net price

$26,6742023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at St. John's College rose from $23,429 (2008) to $26,674 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$23,429
2009	$26,014
2010	$23,838
2011	$25,695
2012	$23,861
2013	$24,127
2014	$22,260
2015	$24,056
2016	$20,605
2017	$40,973
2018	$24,365
2019	$24,672
2020	$40,106
2021	$27,381
2022	$24,351
2023	$26,674

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$55,8242024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at St. John's College rose from $49,463 (2009) to $55,824 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$49,463
2010	$51,021
2011	$53,806
2012	$55,618
2013	$56,453
2014	$59,486
2015	$60,058
2016	$62,184
2017	$63,690
2018	$65,456
2019	$67,916
2020	$50,980
2021	$47,410
2022	$51,688
2023	$53,018
2024	$55,824

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$24,570
2001	$25,790
2002	$27,210
2003	$29,040
2004	$30,770
2005	$32,574
2006	$34,506
2007	$36,596
2008	$39,604
2013	$46,286
2014	$47,826
2015	$49,644
2016	$50,878
2017	$52,320
2018	$54,118
2019	$35,755
2020	$35,760
2021	$35,710
2022	$37,090
2023	$38,946

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

St. John's College reports published tuition of $40,504 in this record. St. John's College's $40,504 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

St. John's College reports 368 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

54.9% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at St. John's College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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54.9%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at St. John's College has wandered from Fall 1995 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 73.4% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 54.9%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	48.7%
1992 cohort	57.4%
1993 cohort	56.1%
1994 cohort	—
1995 cohort	52.6%
1996 cohort	51.8%
1997 cohort	66.4%
1998 cohort	53.6%
1999 cohort	55.3%
2000 cohort	56.5%
2001 cohort	56.4%
2002 cohort	46.3%
2003 cohort	53.2%
2004 cohort	56.5%
2005 cohort	53%
2006 cohort	57.5%
2007 cohort	55.2%
2008 cohort	50%
2009 cohort	45.4%
2010 cohort	48.9%
2011 cohort	65.1%
2012 cohort	63.6%
2013 cohort	60.8%
2014 cohort	73.4%
2015 cohort	71.6%
2016 cohort	71.6%
2017 cohort	60%
2018 cohort	54.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$17,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,741	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$17,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,125	$2,688
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$16,625	$2,688
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,927	$3,313
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,729	$2,969
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$3,063
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$4,313
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,125	$4,813
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,063	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$24,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,000	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,248	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$11,857
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	—	$12,000

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$33,770

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$41,028

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$44,985

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

St. John's College admitted 211 of 397 applicants in Fall 2024. The 53.1% rate describes that application pool.

53.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $38,946 tuition · 2023–24 368 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1290–14601600

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Admissions

St. John's College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For St. John's College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 680–750 and Math was 610–710 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1290–1460 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	680	710	750
SAT Math	610	710	710
ACT Composite	28	32	34

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, St. John's College received 397 applications and admitted 211 (53.1%), with 78 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

53.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

St. John's College's admission rate fell from 85.6% to 53.1%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	85.6%
Fall 2002	80.2%
Fall 2003	81.4%
Fall 2004	82.4%
Fall 2005	83.3%
Fall 2006	79.9%
Fall 2007	78.7%
Fall 2008	81.4%
Fall 2009	85.2%
Fall 2010	85.9%
Fall 2011	86.3%
Fall 2012	84.1%
Fall 2013	82.4%
Fall 2014	81.5%
Fall 2015	81.4%
Fall 2016	62.7%
Fall 2017	63.2%
Fall 2018	67%
Fall 2019	66.3%
Fall 2020	68.9%
Fall 2021	62.7%
Fall 2022	54.1%
Fall 2023	49.5%
Fall 2024	53.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1290–1460Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2017	1190	1350
Fall 2018	1200	1420
Fall 2019	1270	1460
Fall 2021	1280	1470
Fall 2022	1250	1460
Fall 2023	1260	1450
Fall 2024	1290	1460

IPEDS Fall 2017–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

28–34Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2017	23	32
Fall 2018	24	30
Fall 2019	26	31
Fall 2021	25	30
Fall 2022	28	32
Fall 2023	27	31
Fall 2024	28	34

IPEDS Fall 2017–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

368Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at St. John's College fell from 444 (Fall 2002) to 368 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	444
Fall 2003	436
Fall 2004	414
Fall 2005	435
Fall 2006	434
Fall 2007	435
Fall 2008	431
Fall 2009	414
Fall 2010	409
Fall 2011	365
Fall 2012	349
Fall 2013	339
Fall 2014	340
Fall 2015	324
Fall 2016	326
Fall 2017	322
Fall 2018	320
Fall 2019	317
Fall 2020	268
Fall 2021	368
Fall 2022	364
Fall 2023	369
Fall 2024	368

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

82%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at St. John's College has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 90% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 82%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	80%
Fall 2004 cohort	76%
Fall 2005 cohort	74%
Fall 2006 cohort	69%
Fall 2007 cohort	84%
Fall 2008 cohort	75%
Fall 2009 cohort	78%
Fall 2010 cohort	67%
Fall 2011 cohort	72%
Fall 2012 cohort	79%
Fall 2013 cohort	90%
Fall 2014 cohort	82%
Fall 2015 cohort	83%
Fall 2016 cohort	78%
Fall 2017 cohort	74%
Fall 2018 cohort	79%
Fall 2019 cohort	69%
Fall 2020 cohort	72%
Fall 2021 cohort	74%
Fall 2022 cohort	78%
Fall 2023 cohort	82%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about St. John's College

Faculty pay at St. John's College averages $118,200 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes St. John's College as a primarily residential campus of 368 undergraduates — and 82.4% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

St. John's College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1290–1460 — their midpoint is above the NM four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on St. John's College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How St. John's College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

St. John's College53.1%

New Mexico median90.3%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

St. John's College$40,504

New Mexico median$8,183

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

St. John's College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

St. John's College$44,985

New Mexico median$41,944

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

St. John's College, New Mexico and national reference values
Metric & basis	St. John's College	New Mexico median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	53.1%	90.3%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$40,504	$8,183	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$44,985	$41,944	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does St. John's College report?

St. John's College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1290–1460 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is St. John's College's acceptance rate?

53.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 211 admitted from 397 applicants.

How much does St. John's College cost?

At St. John's College, tuition is $40,504. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does St. John's College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $44,985. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in New Mexico

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology — 44.5% admitted
New Mexico Military Institute — 52.6% admitted
Western New Mexico University
University of the Southwest

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.