unitid 174783 · Saint Cloud, MN · public 4-year · city (small)
Saint Cloud State University
- enrollment 2023
- 12,711
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
95%
83rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,088
51st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
21st pctl among public 4-years
completion
40%
finish within 150% time
39th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,116
41st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,529
after aid, aided students
56th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,813
after entry, Title IV students
65th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,058
65th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $8,909 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k23%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k21%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $51,641
- First-generation students
- 27%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,245
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 111 | $49,563 | $18,000 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 106 | $49,852 | $28,551 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 88 | $82,809 | $29,000 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 77 | $71,369 | $25,250 |
| Psychology, General. | 74 | $50,554 | $20,626 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 73 | $68,815 | $24,250 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 57 | $45,546 | $25,449 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 54 | $57,161 | $25,000 |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | 54 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 48 | $106,149 | $27,360 |
| Marketing. | 48 | $64,751 | $23,450 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 46 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.