College · Private nonprofit · Saint Louis, MO · Suburb
Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Admit rate95%
6-yr median pay$55k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size5,658
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $55k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 95% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 23.
If you get in
5,658 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
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 $42k/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$168k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$88k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$80k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $27.2k
- Room & board
- $13.9k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants36%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr66%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$55k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$62k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
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
- 5,658
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White65%
- Black13%
- Hispanic8%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races4%
- International3%
- Unknown3%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time35%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$54k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 49
What you can study.