St Luke's College

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2017 Undergraduate Tuition

$18,900

0% growth from 2016

2017 Average Net Price

$20,290

After Financial Aid

2016 Student Loan

4.62%

Default Rate

2017 Acceptance Rate

26.7%

15 Applicants

2017 Enrolled Students

274

41.2% Full-Time

2017 Graduation Rate

100%

1 Graduates

About

St Luke's College is a higher education institution located in Woodbury County, IA. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at St Luke's College were Registered Nursing (20 degrees awarded) and General Health Services (0 degrees).

In 2017, 109 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at St Luke's College. 87.2% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 12.8% awarded men. The majority of degree recipients were white (88 degrees), 8 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (11 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at St Luke's College is $18,900, which is $4,900 more than the national average for Special Focus Institutions ($14,000).

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools Special Focus Institutions

Costs

The median undergraduate tuition at St Luke's College is $18,900, which is $4,900 more than the national average for Special Focus Institutions ($14,000).

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $20,290.

In 2017, 75% of undergraduate students received federal grants, while 54% of undergraduate students received federal loans.

Student Expenses

Tuition Costs

$18,900

2017 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2017, the cost of tuition at St Luke's College was $18,900. The cost of tuition at St Luke's College is $4,900 more than than the overall (public and private) national average for Special Focus Institutions ($14,000).

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Average Net Price

$20,290

2017 Value

3.73%

1 Year Growth

In 2017 St Luke's College had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $20,290. Between 2016 and 2017, the average net price of St Luke's College grew by 3.73%.

This chart compares the average net price of St Luke's College (in red) with that of other similar universities.

Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

Other Student Expenses

$8,180

Room and Board

$1,253

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at St Luke's College was of $8,180 in 2017. During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,253. The cost of room and board increased by 2.93% between 2016 and 2017. The cost of books and supplies increased by 4.5% during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at St Luke's College (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid

Financial Aid by Income Level

75%

Of Undergraduates Receive Grants

54%

Of Undergraduates Receive Federal Loans

75% of undergraduate students at St Luke's College received grants or loans in 2017. This represents a growth of 25% with respect to 2016, when 60% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at St Luke's College (in red) with that of other similar universities.

The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

Student Loan Default Rate

Cohort default rates only account for borrowers who default in the first three years, and some schools only have a small proportion of borrowers entering repayment. These rates should be interpreted with caution, as they may not be reflective of the entire school population.

4.62%

2016 Default Rate

Number of Defaults

In 2016 the default rate for borrower's at St Luke's College was 4.62%, which represents 3 out of the 65 total borrowers.

A cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year (FY), October 1 to September 30, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year.

Admissions

St Luke's College received 15 undergraduate applications in 2017, which represents a 6.25% annual decline. Out of those 15 applicants, 4 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 26.7% acceptance rate.

There were 274 students enrolled at St Luke's College in 2017, and N/A% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

St Luke's College has an overall enrollment yield of 100%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

26.7%

Acceptance Rate in 2017

Accepted Out of 15

In 2017, the undergraduate acceptance rate of St Luke's College was 26.7% (4 admissions from 15 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2016, which was 50%. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of applicants declined by -6.25%, while admissions declined by -50%.

This chart compares the acceptance rate of St Luke's College (in red) with that of other similar universities.

SAT Scores

N/A%

Submission Percentage

N/A

Scores Submitted

N/A% of enrolled first-time students at St Luke's College in 2017 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

This chart shows the SAT scores for the 25th and 75th percentile of applicants broken out into each section of the test that their are evaluated on.

Enrollment

St Luke's College has a total enrollment of 274 students. The full-time enrollment at St Luke's College is 113 students and the part-time enrollment is 161. This means that 41.2% of students enrolled at St Luke's College are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at St Luke's College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 83.6% White, 8.76% Hispanic or Latino, 2.19% Black or African American, 2.19% Two or More Races, 1.46% Asian, 1.46% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.365% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at St Luke's College in full-time Undergraduate programs are majority White Female (77%), followed by White Male (9.73%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (7.08%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are majority N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

41.2%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at St Luke's College, both undergraduate and graduate, is 274 students. The full-time enrollment at St Luke's College is 113 and the part-time enrollment is 161. This means that 41.2% of students enrolled at St Luke's College are enrolled full-time compared with 71.1% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at St Luke's College (in red) compares to similar universities.

Retention Rate over Time

N/A%

N/A Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at St Luke's College was N/A%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (71%), St Luke's College had a retention rate approximately the same as its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at St Luke's College (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
229
Hispanic or Latino
24
Black or African American
6

The enrolled student population at St Luke's College is 83.6% White, 8.76% Hispanic or Latino, 2.19% Black or African American, 2.19% Two or More Races, 1.46% Asian, 1.46% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.365% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 44.7% White, 15.6% Hispanic or Latino, and 15.5% Black or African American.

Graduates

In 2017, 81 more women than men received degrees from St Luke's College. The majority of degree recipients at St Luke's College are white (88 degrees awarded). There were 8 times more white graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (11 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at St Luke's College is Registered Nursing (20 degrees awarded), followed by General Health Services (0 degrees) and N/A.

The most specialized majors across all degree types at St Luke's College, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Health (109 degrees awarded).

Workforce

Common Jobs by Major

Registered nurses

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at St Luke's College are Registered nurses (1,293,105 people), Medical & health services managers (134,634 people), Pharmacists (128,892 people), Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (120,345 people), and Physicians (99,786 people).

The most specialized majors at St Luke's College are Health (109 degrees awarded).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Public relations specialists

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at St Luke's College are Public relations specialists, Surgeons, Podiatrists, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators

The most specialized majors at St Luke's College are Health (109 degrees awarded).

Common Industries by Major

General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at St Luke's College are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (1,404,787 people), Elementary & secondary schools (203,475 people), Outpatient care centers (190,696 people), Offices of physicians (183,832 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (124,020 people).

The most specialized majors at St Luke's College are Health (109 degrees awarded).

Degrees

Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by St Luke's College.

Most Common

Registered Nursing
20 degree-majorss awarded
General Health Services
0 degree-majorss awarded
N/A
N/A degree-majorss awarded

In 2017, the most common bachelors degree concentration at St Luke's College was Registered Nursing with 20 degree-majorss awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at St Luke's College according to their major.

Gender Breakdown for Common Majors

Degrees Awarded to Men

In 2017, 14 degrees were awarded to men at St Luke's College, which is 0.147 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (95).

This chart displays the gender disparity between the top 5 majors at St Luke's College by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In 2017, 9 degrees were awarded to men at St Luke's College in Registered Nursing, which is 0.148 times less than the 61 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2017, 61 degrees were awarded to women at St Luke's College in Registered Nursing, which is 6.78 times more than the 9 male recipients with that same degree.

Diversity

Graduation Rate by Race and Gender

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

White Female

Highest Graduation Rate (100%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at St Luke's College is Female and White (100% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (68.1%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 0% of graduates (0 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity

White
88 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
11 degrees awarded
Asian
5 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at St Luke's College is white (88 degrees awarded). There were 8 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (11 degrees).

0% of degree recipients (0 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Gender Demographic

White Female
76 degrees awarded
White Male
12 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
11 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and gender grouping at St Luke's College is white female (76 degrees awarded). There were 6.33 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (12 degrees).

Operations

St Luke's College has an endowment valued at nearly $1.09M, as of the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $0 (0%), compared to the 2.38% average return ($240k on $10.1M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2017, St Luke's College had a total salary expenditure of $N/A. St Luke's College employs 10 Assistant professors, 8 Associate professors, and 7 Instructors. Most academics at St Luke's College are Female Assistant professors (9), Female Associate professors(8), and Female Instructors (7).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at St Luke's College are: Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 7 employees, Management, with 2 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 1 employees.

Finances

Endowment

$1.09M

2017 Endowment

7.63%

growth from 2016

St Luke's College has an endowment valued at about $1.09M, as of the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The endowment of St Luke's College grew 7.63% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $9.01M lower than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at St Luke's College (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$369k - Federal
$316k - State
$0 - Local

As of 2017, St Luke's College received $369k in grants and contracts from the federal government, $316k from state grants and contracts, and $0 from local grants and contracts.

Expenses

Salary Expenditure

$2.65M

2017 Salaries

4.56%

growth from 2016

In 2017, St Luke's College paid a median of $2.65M in salaries, which represents NaNM% of their overall expenditure ($N/A) and a 4.56% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 13.9% growth from 2015 and a 0% growth from 2014.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 2.59M (39.4% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$1.77M

Instructional Salaries

Number of Employees

In 2017, St Luke's College paid a total of $1.77M to 28 employees working as instructors, which represents 66.7% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $727k (28.1%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

Faculty and Staff

Occupations by Share

Assistant professor

Most Common Instructor

10 Employees

Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

7 Employees

In 2017, the most common positions for instructional staff at St Luke's College were Assistant professor with 10 employees; Associate professor with 8 employees; and Associate professor with 7 employees.

In 2017, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at St Luke's College were Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 7 employees; Management with 2 employees; and Office and Administrative Support with 1 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Gender

Most Common Demographic

Female Assistant professor
Female Associate professor
Female Instructor

In 2017, the most common demographic for instructional staff at St Luke's College was Female Assistant professor with 9 employees, Female Associate professor with 8 employees, and Female Instructor with 7 employees.

This chart shows the gender split between each academic rank present at St Luke's College.

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