SLU's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of Saint Louis University students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of Saint Louis University students is 80.0%. Female students graduated at a rate of 82.5%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 76.4%.

80.0%

asian 82.6% 175 students
African American 62.8% 32 students
white 80.8% 924 students
unknown 70.6% 12 students
hispanic 74.2% 72 students
International Students 83.3% 50 students
Mixed Race 76.2% 32 students

Drop Out

Saint Louis University has an overall drop-out rate of 19.6% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 22.7% and 17.4% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

19.6%

asian 16.5% 35 students
African American 35.3% 18 students
white 18.8% 215 students
unknown 29.4% 5 students
hispanic 25.8% 25 students
International Students 16.7% 10 students
Mixed Race 23.8% 10 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.4%

asian 0.9% 2 students
white 0.3% 4 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	$69,962	$66,941	$77,500
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$72,963	$64,990	$71,570
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$62,470	$53,608	$61,790
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$59,262	$59,004	$61,238
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$47,366	$48,156	$57,237
Human Resources Management and Services	$44,882	$46,321	$50,940
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$38,073	$42,682	$50,378
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$28,288	$30,228	$47,258
Mathematics	NA	$42,682	$46,814
Communication and Media Studies	$33,947	$35,653	$44,051
Public Health	$25,881	NA	$41,801
Psychology, General	$27,307	$31,809	$40,710
Biology, General	$19,366	$16,169	$39,291
Education, General	$34,635	$37,125	$39,184
History	NA	$20,140	$39,147
Political Science and Government	$23,564	$21,508	$35,962
English Language and Literature, General	$23,071	$21,234	$27,845
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	NA	$35,060	NA
Marketing	$43,661	NA	NA
Computer Science	$68,699	NA	NA
Finance and Financial Management Services	$53,594	NA	NA
Business/Managerial Economics	NA	$46,456	NA
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$55,882	NA	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	NA	$73,446	NA
Mechanical Engineering	$68,904	$67,660	NA
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	NA	$25,194	NA
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$32,599	NA	NA
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$33,806	$38,289	NA
Social Work	NA	$30,771	NA
International Relations and National Security Studies	$27,893	$20,140	NA
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	$34,985	$55,512	NA
Air Transportation	$44,117	NA	NA
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$26,353	NA
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	$28,462	$36,141	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
International Business	NA	$109,763	$138,445
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$83,242	$92,243	$99,680
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$92,584	$85,391	$92,599
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$81,720	$88,904	$90,866
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$65,607	$70,253	$81,493
Accounting and Related Services	$57,011	$57,705	$70,889
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$61,904	$62,343	$64,093
Public Health	$48,579	$49,312	$58,856
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	$46,019	$49,918	$52,588
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$48,758	$52,524	$51,350
Social Work	$41,115	$40,589	$43,284
Dentistry	NA	$174,023	NA
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$82,443	$71,015	NA
Educational Administration and Supervision	$49,642	$52,941	NA
Engineering, General	$54,112	$56,776	NA
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$43,240	NA
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	NA	$122,038	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$68,121	$70,680	$72,663
Educational Administration and Supervision	$76,556	$78,343	$72,499
Law	$60,589	$57,195	$69,466
Medicine	$56,983	$58,185	$68,514
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	NA	$108,649	NA
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$68,382	NA	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Medicine	$57,093	NA	NA

Graduate/Professional Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	NA	$114,892	$114,118

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