Talking Points

The College of Saint Benedict is among the nation’s top-ranked liberal arts colleges: #13 on Money Magazine’s2022 list of Best Colleges in the Midwest and #18 and #96 respectively on Washington Monthly’s and US News & World Report’s 2021 listings of top liberal arts colleges.
College of Saint Benedict students achieve excellent outcomes. Four-year completion rates significantly exceed national averages for private and public colleges. Fully 97% of graduates reportthat within a year of earning their degree, they are either employed, pursuing a graduate degree or in a full-time volunteer position.
The college is frequently listed among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright scholars. And in 2022, Sydney Walkerwas named one of only 58 members in this year’s national class of Truman Scholars – the sixth Truman winner in school history.

Saint John’s University students achieve excellent outcomes. Four-year completion rates at SJU significantly exceed averages for private and public colleges regionally and nationally. Fully 97% of graduates reportthat within a year of earning their degree, they are either employed, pursuing a graduate degree or in a full-time volunteer position.
In 2021, for the third year in a row, Saint John’s was named the best college for employment placement in Minnesota by Zippia, a career website.
Saint John’s is ranked #10 on the 2022 Money Magazinelist of Best Colleges in the Midwest and is in the top 50 of Washington Monthly’s 2021 list of national liberal arts colleges.
In 2022, SJU was once again ranked first for return on investment in Minnesota among private four-year colleges by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

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