College · Private nonprofit · Saint Louis, MO · City
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Admit rate90%
6-yr median pay$116k
Net price / yr$32k
Undergrad size337
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $32k/yr for a shot at a $116k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 90% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1131 · ACT 24.
If you get in
337 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 $55k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $32k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$219k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$127k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$92k
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
- $32.5k
- Room & board
- $15.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans68%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$18k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr62%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$116k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$137k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out34%
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
- 337
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- St. Louis College of Pharmacy
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Black12%
- Two or more races7%
- Unknown7%
- Asian6%
- International3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$62k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 16
What you can study.