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Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania
College Board code: 2801

Main Address

5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(610) 660-1000
www.sju.edu

Admission Office

5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(610) 660-1300
(888) 232-4295
Fax: (610) 660-1314
admit@sju.edu
Contact: Maureen Mathis
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions

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What the School Says...

Saint Joseph's University is a nationally recognized, Catholic, Jesuit university. For more than 150 years, Saint Joseph's has advanced the professional and personal ambitions of men and women by providing a rigorous Jesuit education. Saint Joseph's is home to 4,500 traditional undergraduates and 3,200 continuing education, graduate, and doctoral students.

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Type of School

  • Private
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 86%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  • College Board member
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Associate
  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral
    Other characteristics: Founded by the Society of Jesus.

Setting

  • Suburban setting
  • Very large city (over 500,000)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 5,331
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,478
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 5,161
  • Graduate enrollment: 2,569

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 40% In-state students
  • 60% Out-of-state students
  • 0% Part-time students
  • 53% Women
  • 47% Men
  • <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 2% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 3% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 4% Hispanic
  • 87% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 1% Non-Resident Alien
  • 2% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 19% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 48% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 85% in top half of graduating class
  • 19% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 22% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 21% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 21% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 16% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
  • 1% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
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