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St Lawrence University

St Lawrence University is based in the town of Canton, NY — a private campus in a small-town setting. International students are a visible presence at St Lawrence University — 10.8% of its 1,918 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

$12,250

family income
under $30k

$17,287

$30–48k

$21,671

$48–75k

$29,263

$75–110k

$40,029

over $110k

Average net price

$28,6512023–24Skip 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 Lawrence University rose from $23,300 (2008) to $28,651 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$23,300
2009	$24,764
2010	$24,476
2011	$26,745
2012	$25,301
2013	$27,154
2014	$26,755
2015	$25,966
2016	$27,691
2017	$27,494
2018	$27,774
2019	$27,003
2020	$28,020
2021	$28,344
2022	$30,561
2023	$28,651

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$82,0002024–25Skip 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 Lawrence University rose from $49,010 (2009) to $82,000 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$49,010
2010	$51,575
2011	$53,420
2012	$55,390
2013	$57,423
2014	$59,550
2015	$61,632
2016	$63,769
2017	$66,040
2018	$68,281
2019	$70,630
2020	$73,045
2021	$74,641
2022	$77,363
2023	$79,665
2024	$82,000

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	$23,955
2001	$24,850
2002	$26,480
2003	$28,190
2004	$30,480
2005	$32,150
2006	$33,910
2007	$35,600
2008	$37,915
2013	$46,040
2014	$47,696
2015	$49,420
2016	$51,200
2017	$52,990
2018	$54,846
2019	$56,765
2020	$58,750
2021	$60,220
2022	$62,020
2023	$63,870

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

St Lawrence University reports published tuition of $65,900 in this record. St Lawrence University's $65,900 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

St Lawrence University reports 1,918 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

79.1% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at St Lawrence University 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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79.1%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 Lawrence University has held near 79.1% from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts.

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	81%
1992 cohort	72.4%
1993 cohort	74%
1994 cohort	72%
1995 cohort	70.9%
1996 cohort	71.8%
1997 cohort	74%
1998 cohort	75.2%
1999 cohort	75.1%
2000 cohort	75.8%
2001 cohort	77.3%
2002 cohort	75.8%
2003 cohort	80.9%
2004 cohort	82.9%
2005 cohort	80.3%
2006 cohort	79.6%
2007 cohort	80.4%
2008 cohort	84.7%
2009 cohort	86.7%
2010 cohort	83.6%
2011 cohort	85.4%
2012 cohort	81.8%
2013 cohort	84.1%
2014 cohort	79.8%
2015 cohort	81.9%
2016 cohort	83.5%
2017 cohort	79.7%
2018 cohort	79.1%

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)	$16,700	$3,580
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$17,100	$11,600
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$17,125	$14,375
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$17,125	$14,294
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$13,603
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$4,375
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	$5,208
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$19,125	$8,447
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,250	$8,900
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$23,000	$10,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$25,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,925	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$26,999	$8,125
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,999	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$26,786	$9,646
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,000	$9,068
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,858	$9,154
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$26,890	$10,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$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

$55,037

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$58,917

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$67,258

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 Lawrence University admitted 3,309 of 6,089 applicants in Fall 2024. The 54.3% rate describes that application pool.

54.3%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $63,870 tuition · 2023–24 1,918 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1255–14201600

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Admissions

St Lawrence University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For St Lawrence University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 645–710 and Math was 610–710 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1255–1420 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	645	690	710
SAT Math	610	660	710
ACT Composite	30	32	33

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 Lawrence University received 6,089 applications and admitted 3,309 (54.3%), with 424 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

54.3%Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

St Lawrence University's admission rate fell from 61% to 54.3%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	61%
Fall 2002	65.2%
Fall 2003	57.3%
Fall 2004	61%
Fall 2005	59.2%
Fall 2006	58.8%
Fall 2007	43.7%
Fall 2008	33.8%
Fall 2009	39.2%
Fall 2010	38.5%
Fall 2011	43.4%
Fall 2012	48.2%
Fall 2013	46.4%
Fall 2014	47.6%
Fall 2015	46.2%
Fall 2016	42.9%
Fall 2017	48.3%
Fall 2018	46.1%
Fall 2019	42.4%
Fall 2020	47.3%
Fall 2021	56.5%
Fall 2022	63.5%
Fall 2023	58.5%
Fall 2024	54.3%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1255–1420Fall 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 2001	1040	1240
Fall 2002	1040	1240
Fall 2003	1040	1250
Fall 2004	1070	1250
Fall 2005	1050	1250
Fall 2017	1205	1365
Fall 2018	1190	1355
Fall 2019	1180	1350
Fall 2020	1180	1360
Fall 2021	1220	1400
Fall 2022	1240	1410
Fall 2023	1255	1410
Fall 2024	1255	1420

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

30–33Fall 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 2002	22	27
Fall 2004	23	27
Fall 2017	26	30
Fall 2018	27	30
Fall 2019	26	31
Fall 2020	28	32
Fall 2021	29	32
Fall 2022	29	32
Fall 2023	29	32
Fall 2024	30	33

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, 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

1,918Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at St Lawrence University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 2,406 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 1,918.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	2,115
Fall 2003	2,113
Fall 2004	2,104
Fall 2005	2,104
Fall 2006	2,144
Fall 2007	2,160
Fall 2008	2,187
Fall 2009	2,271
Fall 2010	2,295
Fall 2011	2,335
Fall 2012	2,374
Fall 2013	2,391
Fall 2014	2,282
Fall 2015	2,347
Fall 2016	2,344
Fall 2017	2,373
Fall 2018	2,406
Fall 2019	2,360
Fall 2020	2,256
Fall 2021	2,227
Fall 2022	2,130
Fall 2023	2,040
Fall 2024	1,918

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

91%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 Lawrence University has held near 91% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	86%
Fall 2003 cohort	90%
Fall 2004 cohort	90%
Fall 2005 cohort	89%
Fall 2006 cohort	88%
Fall 2007 cohort	88%
Fall 2008 cohort	92%
Fall 2009 cohort	92%
Fall 2010 cohort	90%
Fall 2011 cohort	93%
Fall 2012 cohort	90%
Fall 2013 cohort	90%
Fall 2014 cohort	89%
Fall 2015 cohort	90%
Fall 2016 cohort	92%
Fall 2017 cohort	89%
Fall 2018 cohort	90%
Fall 2019 cohort	88%
Fall 2020 cohort	89%
Fall 2021 cohort	85%
Fall 2022 cohort	86%
Fall 2023 cohort	91%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about St Lawrence University

Faculty pay at St Lawrence University averages $124,812 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes St Lawrence University as a primarily residential campus of 1,918 undergraduates — and 90.8% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

St Lawrence University's SAT section-percentile sums are 1255–1420 — their midpoint is above the NY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on St Lawrence University'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 Lawrence University 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 Lawrence University54.3%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

St Lawrence University$65,900

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

St Lawrence University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

St Lawrence University$67,258

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

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St Lawrence University, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	St Lawrence University	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	54.3%	70.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$65,900	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$67,258	$60,236	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For St Lawrence University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

St Lawrence University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 13 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Economics	$96,345
Mathematics	$88,586
Business/Commerce, General	$82,269
Political Science and Government	$75,486
Communication and Media Studies	$72,839
Biology, General	$69,386
International/Globalization Studies	$65,419
Psychology, General	$62,479
English Language and Literature, General	$61,335
Social Sciences, Other	$60,518
History	$57,349
Fine and Studio Arts	$53,720
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$41,638

These 13 fields listed for St Lawrence University measure earnings after completion. The $67,258 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 22 additional St Lawrence University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does St Lawrence University report?

St Lawrence University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1255–1420 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is St Lawrence University's acceptance rate?

54.3% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 3,309 admitted from 6,089 applicants.

How much does St Lawrence University cost?

At St Lawrence University, tuition is $65,900. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does St Lawrence University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $67,258. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in New York

Russell Sage College — 53.3% admitted
University of Rochester — 40.1% admitted
Binghamton University — 38.6% admitted
Stony Brook University — 49% admitted

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. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.