St. Francis College
Brooklyn, NY
St. Francis College is a private college in Brooklyn, New York, a large city, with 1,684 undergraduates. Health professions and criminal justice are its signature fields: together they make up 35% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $58,099 ten years after starting.
St. Francis College admitted 3,600 of 4,272 applicants for the fall 2022 entering class (84.3%).
- Acceptance rate
- 84.3%
- Fall 2022 class
- Tuition and fees
- $28,775
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $18,129
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2022 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What St. Francis College is known for
Measured by the 448 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
26.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Criminal justice
8.0%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 2.2% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing5612.5% of degrees$112,171+26% vs $88,910 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations4910.9% of degrees$51,556−24% vs $68,257 nationally
- Research and Experimental Psychology378.3% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Criminal Justice and Corrections368.0% of degrees$57,084About the $55,378 national median
- Biology306.7% of degrees$42,222−26% vs $57,214 nationally
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)306.7% of degrees$59,885−12% vs $68,245 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduates
1,684
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Baccalaureate college, diverse fields
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
15 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
11%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at St. Francis College
Two things St. Francis College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
St. Francis College reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
Families paid $18,129 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
84.3%
3,600 admitted of 4,272 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
Where do you actually stand at St. Francis College?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What St. Francis College costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $28,775, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $38,098. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $18,129 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$28,775
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$38,098
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$18,129
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $38,098 full cost.
- Under $30k$15,700Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$18,198Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$22,447Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$21,974Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$22,274Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
65%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$58,099
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What St. Francis College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2022
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is not yet confirmed.
A prompt we have not yet confirmed is counted on its own rather than called optional, treating an unconfirmed prompt as optional is how a student skips an essay their college expects.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 28, 2027
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in New York
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- SUNY Buffalo State University84.2%
- University of Mount Saint Vincent84.6%
- Manhattanville University84.7%
- Wagner College83.5%
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