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University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne is a private, Catholic university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a large city, with 1,567 undergraduates. Health professions and the arts are its signature fields: together they make up 61% of its bachelor's degrees, about four 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 $55,362 ten years after starting.

University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne admitted 1,522 of 1,560 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (97.6%).

Acceptance rate
97.6%
Fall 2023 class
Tuition and fees
$36,460
2024–25 school year
Paid after aid
$18,196
Average, students with aid
ACT, middle 50%
17–25

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 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.

What University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne is known for

Measured by the 269 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.

Health professions

49.1%

of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.

The arts

11.9%

of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing10338.3% of degrees$81,680−8% vs $88,910 nationally
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences269.7% of degrees$46,695−24% vs $61,296 nationally
  • Visual and Performing Arts155.6% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
  • Biology134.8% of degrees$72,008+26% vs $57,214 nationally
  • Social Work114.1% of degrees$43,989−15% vs $51,790 nationally
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections103.7% of degreesToo few graduates to publish

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

Fort Wayne, IN

Undergraduates

1,567

Fall 2024

Type

Private, nonprofit

Master's university, medium programs

Living on campus

Under a quarter

of undergraduates live on campus

Students per faculty member

11 to 1

Fall 2024

International students

3%

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 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne

Two things University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne 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.

Scores sent1 of 2

44% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.

The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 9% sent an ACT. University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne files test scores under “considered”.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Cost2 of 2

Families paid $18,196 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

97.6%

1,522 admitted of 1,560 applicants

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

SAT, middle 50%

Reading 470–570Math 450–560

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

ACT, middle 50%

17–25

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Enrolled students who sent an SAT

44%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Enrolled students who sent an ACT

9%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Where do you actually stand at University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne?

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What University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne costs

The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.

Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $36,460, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $47,223. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $18,196 a year on average.

Tuition and fees

$36,460

2024–25 school year

Full cost of attendance

$47,223

Tuition, fees, housing, food and books

Paid after aid

$18,196

Average, students who received aid

What students paid, by family income

Each bar is that figure as a share of the $47,223 full cost.

  • Under $30k$12,720Typical public university: $10,013
  • $30k–$48k$12,392Typical public university: $10,847
  • $48k–$75k$15,525Typical public university: $13,703
  • $75k–$110k$21,248Typical public university: $17,979
  • Over $110k$24,373Typical 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

71%

Our colleges' median: 79%

Earnings after 10 years

$55,362

Our colleges' median: $57,440

Median debt at graduation

$25,976

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 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne says it weighs

The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.

  • Course rigorrequired

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • GPArequired

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Essayconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Test scoresconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Recommendationsconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Class rankconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Not considered

  • Legacy

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Published deadlines

Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.

  • Regular DecisionApril 3, 2027

    Source

  • Rolling AdmissionJuly 31, 2027

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