Saint Joseph Seminary College
St. Benedict, Louisiana · Also known as St. Ben's |SJSC · Website
$38,366
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$38,366
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Saint Joseph Seminary College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in St. Benedict, Louisiana with 93 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $45,460 a year (tuition and fees $28,025). 48% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $38,366 a year 10 years after they started.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$45,460
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$28,025
US median $11,837
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
48%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
$38,366
Rank 2,977 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $45,460
- Tuition and fees
- $28,025
- Cost of attendance
- $49,944
- Students with a need-based grant
- 10%
- Students with federal loans
- 3.0%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $42,549
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $46,799
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $49,944
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $16,913 in 2015-16 to $28,025 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 93
- Part-time students
- 1.1%
- Women
- 0%
- Students per teacher
- 6
- Completion rate
- 48%
- Retention rate
- 71%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 2
- Endowment
- $525K
- Other
- Men only, Religious affiliation, Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 2,977 of 5,094 US colleges and 36 of 94 in Louisiana (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | LA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $45,460 | $14,810 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $28,025 | $9,181 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 78% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 48% | 57% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 71% | 71% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $13,136 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $24,003 | $27,631 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $38,366 | $32,992 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $47,213 |
| Religion/Religious StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,390 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Saint Joseph Seminary College cost?
$45,460 a year is the average net price at Saint Joseph Seminary College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $28,025, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $49,944. Families earning under $30,000 pay $42,549 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Saint Joseph Seminary College?
Saint Joseph Seminary College has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Saint Joseph Seminary College graduates earn?
$38,366 a year is the median pay of former Saint Joseph Seminary College students who work, 10 years after they started ($24,003 after 6 years). That ranks 2,977 of 5,094 US colleges and 36 of 94 in Louisiana.
What is the graduation rate at Saint Joseph Seminary College?
48% of first-time, full-time students at Saint Joseph Seminary College finish within 6 years. 71% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Saint Joseph Seminary College?
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General (19 bachelor's graduates), Religion/Religious Studies (4 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.