College · Private nonprofit · Whiting, IN · Suburb
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Whiting, IN
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size529
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
529 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $33k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$132k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$90k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$42k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $23.9k
- Room & board
- $9.6k
- Books & supplies
- $2,350
How students pay for it.
Pell grants52%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention41%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr23%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out42%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 529
- Location
- Whiting, IN
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- CCSJ, CAL COLLEGE, CALUMET COLLEGE; Calumet College of St. Joseph Calumet College of St Joseph
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic33%
- White32%
- Black29%
- Two or more races3%
- International2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students52%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time28%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$29k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 17
What you can study.