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Saint Cloud State University

Public, four-year or above, in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

12,928
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
10,287
Undergraduates
2,641
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

1,090
Bachelor's degrees awarded
109
Associate's degrees awarded
736
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

40.0%
Graduation rate
39.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

95.0%
Applicants admitted
17.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$10,245
Tuition and fees
$24,841
Price in state, living on campus
$24,841
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Saint Cloud State University published $10,245 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $9,170 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Saint Cloud State University published $10,245 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $9,170 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$10,245$10,245$10,245
2023–⁠24$10,117$10,117$10,117
2022–⁠23$10,117$10,117$10,117
2021–⁠22$9,170$9,170$9,170
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$10,245
Books and supplies$1,400
Food and housing on campus$10,596
Other expenses on campus$2,600
Total, as NCES adds it$24,841

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor166$120,590
Associate professor79$97,635
Assistant professor47$83,020
Instructor13$71,582
All ranks305$106,766

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 12,928
Larger than 62% of the 859 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 40%
Higher than 37% of the 821 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $106,766
Higher than 82% of the 844 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$59,194
Median earnings four years after completing
$59,509
Median earnings ten years after entering
$19,500
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Public, four-year or above
Control
Public
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
City, small
County
Stearns County
IPEDS ID
174783

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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