Saint Joseph’s University Business Programs

Saint Joseph's University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The location of St. Joe's is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Saint Joseph’s University Rankings

We have ranked St. Joe's as #87 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #6 out of 87 schools in Pennsylvania.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

St. Joe's has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#53	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#74	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#83	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at St. Joe's.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Specialized Sales Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Specialized Sales Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#106	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards St. Joe's has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#3	Best Insurance Schools	College Factual
#36	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#36	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#50	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#117	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is Saint Joseph’s University?

Contact details for St. Joe's are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
Phone:	610-660-1000
Website:	www.sju.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/saintjosephsuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/saintjosephs

How Do I Get Into St. Joe’s?

You can apply to St. Joe’s online at: https://www.sju.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for St. Joe’s

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Joe’s?

With an acceptance rate of 80%, St. Joe's may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 64% of students accepted to St. Joe's submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 640.

St. Joe's received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford Saint Joseph’s University?

The overall average net price of St. Joe's is $43,647. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At St. Joe's, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $11,667 a year. That adds up to $46,668 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Joe's is 2.5%. 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 Joseph’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,299 undergraduate students at St. Joe's, with 3,945 being full-time and 354 being part-time.

There are also 2,480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,945 full-time undergraduates at St. Joe's, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Joseph's University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	112
Black or African American	189
Hispanic or Latino	330
White	3,095
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	159

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Joseph's University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 63 countries are represented at St. Joe's. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Saint Joseph’s University

In 2019-2020, 5,397 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 55th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of St. Joe’s

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Saint Joseph's University was $47,940 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how St. Joe's is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	#1	#1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	#1	#1
International Marketing	#4	#4
Financial Planning & Services	#7	#7
Insurance	#19	#19
Insurance	#19	#19
Management Science	#39	#39
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#47	#47
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#57	#57
Finance	#57	#57
General Management Information Systems	#68	#68
Marketing	#69	#69
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#69	#69
International Business	#69	#69

Online Growth Rankings of St. Joe’s

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Joseph's University was 2.1%. This is the #1,455 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Joe's 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%.

Saint Joseph’s University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Management Science	101	1	162	264
Finance	112	0	46	158
Special Products Marketing Operations	115	1	22	138
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	110	2	19	131
Accounting	75	2	1	78
General Business/Commerce	0	0	64	64
Insurance	52	0	0	52
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	19	0	31	50
General Business Administration and Management	28	0	10	38
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations	37	0	0	37
Organizational Behavior Studies	25	0	0	25
International Business/Trade/Commerce	23	0	0	23
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	13	0	9	22
General Economics	17	0	0	17
International Marketing	0	0	11	11
Financial Planning & Services	0	0	9	9
Actuarial Science	8	0	0	8
Small Business Administration/Management	5	0	0	5
Other Marketing	0	0	3	3
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	0	0	0	0
Knowledge Management	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	740	6	387	1,133

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 Northjersey78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.