The College of Saint Scholastica Business Programs

The College of Saint Scholastica is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Duluth, Minnesota. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

The College of Saint Scholastica Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#13	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#102	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards St. Scholastica has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#35	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management	College Factual
#67	Best Value Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual
#67	Best Value Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual
#280	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is The College of Saint Scholastica?

Contact details for St. Scholastica are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 Kenwood Ave, Duluth, MN 55811-4199
Phone:	218-723-6000
Website:	www.css.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/stscholastica
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/stscholastica

How Do I Get Into St. Scholastica?

You can apply to St. Scholastica online at: www.css.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for St. Scholastica

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Scholastica?

The acceptance rate at The College of Saint Scholastica is 73%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 63%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to St. Scholastica submitted their SAT scores.St. Scholastica received ACT scores from 66% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 21 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford The College of Saint Scholastica?

The overall average net price of St. Scholastica is $35,377. 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 St. Scholastica, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $11,209 a year. That adds up to $44,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Scholastica is 2.6%. 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.

The College of Saint Scholastica Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,244 undergraduate students at St. Scholastica, with 1,934 being full-time and 310 being part-time.

There are also 1,468 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,934 full-time undergraduates at St. Scholastica, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The College of Saint Scholastica students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	50
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	1,594
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	135

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at The College of Saint Scholastica. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 42 countries are represented at St. Scholastica. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at The College of Saint Scholastica

In 2019-2020, 1,344 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 20th most popular in Minnesota 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. Scholastica

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at The College of Saint Scholastica was $39,410 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how St. Scholastica 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
Project Management	#31	#31

Online Growth Rankings of St. Scholastica

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The College of Saint Scholastica was -5.9%. This is the #1,681 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Scholastica regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at St. Scholastica 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 St. Scholastica.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Project Management	#79
Management Science	#93
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#147

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%.

The College of Saint Scholastica Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Organizational Behavior Studies	18	4	32	54
General Business Administration and Management	39	0	0	39
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	16	0	0	16
Management Science	0	8	5	13
Project Management	0	6	5	11
General Business/Commerce	0	0	11	11
Finance	10	0	0	10
Accounting	9	0	0	9
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Applied Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	92	18	53	163

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 Brynn under License

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