College · Private nonprofit · Omaha, NE · City
College of Saint Mary
Omaha, NE
Women-onlyReligious affiliation
Admit rate45%
6-yr median pay$59k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size445
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/yr for a shot at a $59k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 45% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1150.
If you get in
445 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $36k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$144k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$66k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$78k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $24.5k
- Room & board
- $9.1k
- Books & supplies
- $912
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans50%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr61%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$59k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$54k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out33%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 445
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Women-onlyReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White55%
- Hispanic24%
- Black9%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown3%
- International3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students26%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$38k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 23
What you can study.