Admissions & selectivity
St. John's University-New York Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at St. John's University-New York?
St. John's University-New York’s reported acceptance rate is 83.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 83.4%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
St. John's University-New York admits 83.4% of applicants, making it a broadly accessible private nonprofit university. The rate sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do St. John's University-New York students report?
The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores fell between 1,150 and 1,340. For ACT submitters, the corresponding range is 24 to 29.
These ranges describe the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters, not admission cutoffs. Applicants can place their own results alongside the university's 1,150 to 1,340 SAT band and 24 to 29 ACT band.
The figures reflect enrolled students who chose to submit scores, so they offer context rather than a minimum threshold.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at St. John's University-New York. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1150
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1340
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 29
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at St. John's University-New York?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 10.4%
- First-year retention
- 78.7%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
St. John's University-New York enrolls 9,477 undergraduates on its Queens campus, and its admission rate of 83.4% sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Pell Grant recipients make up 24.2% of undergraduates, and an estimated 10.4% of students enter as transfers or part-time students.
The composition points to a campus where most students arrive directly from high school and where financial need is a common part of the undergraduate experience. Pell-eligible applicants should use the university's net price calculator to see what aid they may receive before committing.
First-year retention at St. John's University-New York is 78.7%, below the peer median of 83.4% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time, full-time cohort is 66.1%, also below the peer median of 68.8%.
Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 58.3%, below the overall six-year rate by 7.8 percentage points.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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