Saint Francis University Business Programs

Saint Francis University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Loretto, Pennsylvania. Loretto is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Saint Francis University?

Contact details for Saint Francis are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	117 Evergreen Dr, Loretto, PA 15940
Phone:	814-472-3000
Website:	www.francis.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/SaintFrancisUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/SaintFrancisPA

How Do I Get Into Saint Francis?

You can apply to Saint Francis online at: www.francis.edu/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for Saint Francis

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Saint Francis?

Saint Francis has an acceptance rate of 59%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 61%.

Average Test Scores

About 89% of students accepted to Saint Francis submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

Saint Francis received ACT scores from 33% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 26. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 26.

Can I Afford Saint Francis University?

The overall average net price of Saint Francis is $41,578. 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 Saint Francis, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $13,299 a year. That adds up to $53,196 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Saint Francis is 4.3%. 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.

Saint Francis University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,279 undergraduate students at Saint Francis, with 1,484 being full-time and 795 being part-time.

There are also 490 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,484 full-time undergraduates at Saint Francis, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Francis University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	100
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	1,214
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	97

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Francis University. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 40 countries are represented at Saint Francis. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and Italy.

Online Learning at Saint Francis University

In 2019-2020, 1,369 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Saint Francis

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Francis University was 8.6%. This is the #1,274 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Saint Francis regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Saint Francis ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Saint Francis.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#127
Human Resource Management	#230
Accounting	#316

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%.

Saint Francis University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	0	0	50	50
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	1	0	26	27
General Business Administration and Management	0	20	0	20
Accounting	0	19	0	19
Organizational Leadership	0	10	0	10
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	9	0	9
Finance	0	4	0	4
Business Economics	0	3	0	3
General Management Information Systems	0	3	0	3
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	0	0	0
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	68	76	145

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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.