College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of St Thomas

Saint Paul, MN · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 6,245 undergrads · 85% admitted

Do students finish?

76% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$66,116/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$264,464 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$73,739 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $51,278 median $73,739 75th pct $104,019

85% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

19 Bachelor's programs · $27,975 to $69,236 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $69,236 $26,122

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Bachelor's $67,265 $18,500

Computer Science.Bachelor's $66,071 $22,454

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $64,605 $27,000

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $58,805 $22,750

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $58,218 $25,485

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $51,044 $22,250

Marketing.Bachelor's $48,478 $26,481

Economics.Bachelor's $46,741 $24,250

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.Bachelor's $44,313 $21,500

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $43,848 $22,250

Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $39,846 $27,000

Public Health.Bachelor's $38,342 $25,750

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $38,200 $25,500

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.Bachelor's $36,765 —

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $34,718 $27,000

Philosophy.Bachelor's $32,440 $17,500

Biology, General.Bachelor's $29,380 $25,735

Religion/Religious Studies.Bachelor's $27,975 $19,500

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$19,500

≈ 26% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (33 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website