Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri · Private, nonprofit

Of 60 assessed programs, 58 leave graduates out-earning a typical Missouri high-school graduate (about $34,809/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 154 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$22,501
$30k to $48k	$21,854
$48k to $75k	$21,880
$75k to $110k	$21,702
$110k and up	$27,466
All families (average)	$24,398

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

60 of 214 programs could be assessed 28% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Missouri high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$81,525	+$46,716	clears the bar	$22,002	0.5 yrs	189
Law	First Professional Degree	$93,029	+$58,220	clears the bar	$99,458	1.7 yrs	186
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$101,722	+$66,913	clears the bar	$239,229	3.6 yrs	166
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$77,066	+$42,257	clears the bar	$26,316	0.6 yrs	99
Nursing	Master's Degree	$111,664	+$76,855	clears the bar	$65,361	0.9 yrs	82
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$65,517	+$30,708	clears the bar	$23,500	0.8 yrs	81
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$84,751	+$49,942	clears the bar	$41,000	0.8 yrs	79
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$93,647	+$58,838	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	73
Social Work	Master's Degree	$57,853	+$23,044	clears the bar	$53,322	2.3 yrs	67
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$110,691	+$75,882	clears the bar	$46,053	0.6 yrs	59
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$58,862	+$24,053	clears the bar	$25,467	1.1 yrs	58
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$121,868	+$87,059	clears the bar	$107,293	1.2 yrs	58
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$70,351	+$35,542	clears the bar	$25,247	0.7 yrs	57
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$73,296	+$38,487	clears the bar	$20,500	0.5 yrs	57
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$99,472	+$64,663	clears the bar	$54,500	0.8 yrs	55
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$22,459 1-year earnings	-$12,350	falls short	$27,000	insufficient data	53
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$29,092 1-year earnings	-$5,717	falls short	$26,911	insufficient data	53
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$72,251	+$37,442	clears the bar	$24,002	0.6 yrs	51
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$86,844	+$52,035	clears the bar	$27,000	0.5 yrs	48
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$57,787	+$22,978	clears the bar	$21,500	0.9 yrs	46
Public Health	Master's Degree	$76,995	+$42,186	clears the bar	$56,500	1.3 yrs	42
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$67,287	+$32,478	clears the bar	$22,386	0.7 yrs	41
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$70,202	+$35,393	clears the bar	$26,000	0.7 yrs	40
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$63,076	+$28,267	clears the bar	$41,000	1.5 yrs	37
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$91,081	+$56,272	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$63,652	+$28,843	clears the bar	$26,000	0.9 yrs	35
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	$102,295	+$67,486	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$75,122 1-year earnings	+$40,313	clears the bar	$26,421	0.7 yrs	33
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$83,903	+$49,094	clears the bar	$27,000	0.5 yrs	33
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$85,005	+$50,196	clears the bar	$61,500	1.2 yrs	31
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$40,156 1-year earnings	+$5,347	clears the bar	$27,000	5.0 yrs	31
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$90,963	+$56,154	clears the bar	$26,000	0.5 yrs	31
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$80,588	+$45,779	clears the bar	$23,462	0.5 yrs	30
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$92,270	+$57,461	clears the bar	$23,500	0.4 yrs	30
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	$51,741 1-year earnings	+$16,932	clears the bar	$29,931	1.8 yrs	28
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$99,331	+$64,522	clears the bar	$25,029	0.4 yrs	27
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$66,644	+$31,835	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$61,099	+$26,290	clears the bar	$26,500	1.0 yrs	26
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$240,137 1-year earnings	+$205,328	clears the bar	$140,441	0.7 yrs	24
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	Master's Degree	$313,933	+$279,124	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$56,306	+$21,497	clears the bar	$22,875	1.1 yrs	22
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$56,943	+$22,134	clears the bar	$26,000	1.2 yrs	21
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$77,671	+$42,862	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	20
English	Bachelor's Degree	$50,769	+$15,960	clears the bar	$26,000	1.6 yrs	18
International Business	Master's Degree	$129,460 1-year earnings	+$94,651	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$63,475	+$28,666	clears the bar	$25,096	0.9 yrs	15
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$91,483	+$56,674	clears the bar	$34,391	0.6 yrs	15
Accounting	Master's Degree	$108,781	+$73,972	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$70,895	+$36,086	clears the bar	$25,000	0.7 yrs	14
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$76,354	+$41,545	clears the bar	$27,000	0.6 yrs	14
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$137,327	+$102,518	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Education	Bachelor's Degree	$42,112	+$7,303	clears the bar	$27,000	3.7 yrs	12
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$48,829 1-year earnings	+$14,020	clears the bar	$42,125	3.0 yrs	12
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$86,238	+$51,429	clears the bar	$21,920	0.4 yrs	12
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$55,964	+$21,155	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$90,660	+$55,851	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$62,182 1-year earnings	+$27,373	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	$60,464	+$25,655	clears the bar	$34,462	1.3 yrs	0
Medicine	Doctoral Degree	$92,454	+$57,645	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	$58,604	+$23,795	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	131
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	71
Food Science and Technology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$23,406	insufficient data	16
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
History	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Pharmacy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Security Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Engineering, General	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Homeland Security	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Operations Research	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Data Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Homeland Security	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Social Work	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Theology and Ministry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Public Policy Analysis	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Medical Laboratory Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer and Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer and Information Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Special Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Gerontology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Theology and Ministry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Area Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Engineering Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Philosophy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Religion/Religious Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($34,809/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.