Private nonprofit · Community college
St Luke's College
Sioux City, Iowa · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $19,820
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- $61,033
- Median earnings
St Luke's College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Sioux City, Iowa (small city setting), enrolling 167 undergraduates. It has a Other Protestant religious affiliation.
About Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. Iowa is in the tallgrass prairie of the North American Great Plains, historically inhabited by speakers of Siouan languages. The Sioux City Public Museum was originally located in a Northside neighborhood of fine Victorian mansions. The portico-and-gabled stone building was originally the home of the banker, John Peirce, and was built in 1890. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 73 miles to Sioux Falls, SD
- To Great Lakes shore
- 360 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (SUX)
How St Luke's College compares
More selective than 54% · #2 most selective of 2 in Iowa
Higher than 16%
Higher than 98% · #1 of 39 in Iowa
Higher than 96% · #1 of 38 in Iowa
Cheaper than 33% · #34 cheapest of 39 in Iowa
Lower than 14%
Lower than 92%
Larger than 40%
Percentiles compare St Luke's College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Iowa.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women15492%
- Men138%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White62%
- Black9.0%
- Hispanic17%
- Asian0.6%
- Other or multiracial11%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 167
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Students over 25
- 42%
- Median family income
- $37,926
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $58,761
- Endowment
- $1,484,063
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $24,175
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,253
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,647
- Average net price
- $19,820
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 80.0%
- Test scores
- Considered but not required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- 980
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- 17–23
- Average GPA (estimated)
- 2.85
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 100%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,850
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $61,033
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
- Students with federal loans
- 77%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 73%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $61,033
- Typical debt at graduation
- $15,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 25%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 78%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 9°F
- Annual rain
- 30.3″
- Annual snow
- 36″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sioux City Ang, IA US station (8.7 mi from campus).
What St Luke's College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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- Transfer
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- Transfer
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.