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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Location Davenport, IA
Population 400,000
Website http://www.sau.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,700 (67%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (74%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,865
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 39%
From Region 53%
Athletes 53.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 65%
Hispanic 11%
Black 8%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 45.4% 45.4% 2012 Men: 44.2% 44.2% 2013 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2014 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2015 Men: 45.3% 45.3% 2016 Men: 45.6% 45.6% 2017 Men: 46.5% 46.5% 2018 Men: 47.4% 47.4% 2019 Men: 47.8% 47.8% 2020 Men: 46.4% 46.4% 2021 Men: 54.8% 54.8% 2022 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2023 Men: 51.4% 51.4% 2024 Men: 49.2% 49.2%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2015 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2016 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2011 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2012 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2013 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2014 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2016 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2018 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2019 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2020 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2022 Black: 6.2% 6.2% 2023 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2024 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2011 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2012 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2013 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2014 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2015 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2016 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2017 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2018 Hispanic: 6.1% 6.1% 2019 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2020 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2021 Hispanic: 9.6% 9.6% 2022 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2023 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2024 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2011 White: 87.6% 87.6% 2012 White: 87.9% 87.9% 2013 White: 88.2% 88.2% 2014 White: 87.2% 87.2% 2015 White: 82.0% 82.0% 2016 White: 85.1% 85.1% 2017 White: 85.0% 85.0% 2018 White: 82.8% 82.8% 2019 White: 79.2% 79.2% 2020 White: 79.0% 79.0% 2021 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2022 White: 72.8% 72.8% 2023 White: 75.8% 75.8% 2024 White: 73.4% 73.4% 2011 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2019 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2020 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 International: 3.2% 3.2%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2023 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2024 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2021 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2022 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2023 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2024 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2025 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2020 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2021 Hispanic: 9.4% 9.4% 2022 Hispanic: 9.9% 9.9% 2023 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2024 Hispanic: 11.4% 11.4% 2025 Hispanic: 11.0% 11.0% 2020 White: 73.7% 73.7% 2021 White: 74.2% 74.2% 2022 White: 72.6% 72.6% 2023 White: 71.9% 71.9% 2024 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2025 White: 65.3% 65.3% 2020 International: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2024 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2025 International: 3.5% 3.5%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
St. Ambrose University 508 45% / 55% 4% $69,228 71 97%
Industrial Engineering 9 +1 78% / 22% 22% $95,282 94 —
Mechanical Engineering 13 — 92% / 8% 15% $112,611 98 92%
Computer Science 13 — 85% / 15% 8% $83,908 87 —
Cybersecurity 9 — 100% / 0% 0% $91,249 92 —
Data Science 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $81,055 85 —
Network Administration — — — — $73,576 78 —
Chemistry 4 — 50% / 50% 25% — — —
Mathematics 2 +2 100% / 0% 0% $66,105 65 —
Biology 26 +1 54% / 46% 4% $72,657 76 91%
Biomedical Sciences — — — — $72,657 76 91%
Neuroscience 1 — 0% / 100% 100% $67,028 67 —
Exercise Science 31 — 45% / 55% 6% $59,315 49 100%
Kinesiology 17 +1 59% / 41% 0% $59,315 49 100%
Nursing 78 — 9% / 91% 0% $84,125 87 100%
Accounting 19 +3 68% / 32% 0% $82,827 86 96%
Business Administration 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $73,999 78 91%
Business Analytics 25 +6 72% / 28% 8% $67,700 69 97%
Business and Management 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $75,891 80 —
Economics 2 +2 50% / 50% 50% $71,472 75 —
Finance 19 +4 79% / 21% 0% $76,502 81 94%
Human Resources Management — — — — $70,664 74 —
International Business 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $72,686 76 —
Marketing 37 +13 65% / 35% 0% $69,456 72 94%
Marketing Management — — — — $74,108 78 —
Sales Management 6 +2 83% / 17% 0% $73,947 78 —
Sports Management 15 +1 73% / 27% 0% $59,315 49 100%
Area Studies — +1 — — $51,887 27 —
Communication Studies — — — — $53,689 33 —
English 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,066 17 —
Forensic Psychology 15 +2 20% / 80% 0% $54,466 35 —
History 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $55,711 39 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $55,251 37 —
Journalism 3 +1 67% / 33% 33% $55,410 38 —
Philosophy 4 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Political Science 7 — 57% / 43% 14% $65,650 65 —
Psychology 38 +3 8% / 92% 3% $59,168 49 94%
Public Relations 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $67,386 68 —
Radio and Television 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $53,425 32 —
Social Work 11 +3 0% / 100% 0% $63,559 60 97%
Sociology 3 +3 33% / 67% 33% $53,151 31 95%
Spanish 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Theology/Theological Studies — +3 — — $54,084 34 —
Women's Studies 1 +3 0% / 100% 0% $55,218 37 —
Early Childhood Education 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,509 24 98%
Elementary Education 27 — 11% / 89% 4% $50,509 24 98%
History Teacher Education 8 — 88% / 12% 0% $52,222 28 100%
Spanish Language Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,222 28 —
Art Education — — — — $52,222 28 100%
Art History 5 +1 40% / 60% 0% $43,654 10 —
Drama and Theatre Arts — — — — $38,608 5 —
Film Studies — — — — $42,412 8 —
Fine and Studio Arts 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Graphic Design — — — — $48,907 19 —
Music 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $44,171 11 —
Music Teacher Education 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $52,222 28 —
Painting 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $43,316 9 —
Visual Communication Design 5 +1 20% / 80% 0% $47,173 16 —
Criminal Justice 10 +7 60% / 40% 0% $70,707 74 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $39,224
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 55%
6-Year Graduation Rate 61%
Transfer-Out Rate 30%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 61.8% 61.8% 2012 Graduated: 62.9% 62.9% 2013 Graduated: 61.3% 61.3% 2014 Graduated: 57.1% 57.1% 2015 Graduated: 62.6% 62.6% 2016 Graduated: 62.9% 62.9% 2017 Graduated: 63.3% 63.3% 2018 Graduated: 67.1% 67.1% 2019 Graduated: 63.7% 63.7% 2020 Graduated: 64.0% 64.0% 2021 Graduated: 64.4% 64.4% 2022 Graduated: 64.0% 64.0% 2023 Graduated: 62.8% 62.8% 2024 Graduated: 61.0% 61.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 56.7% 56.7% 2012 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2013 Men: 54.5% 54.5% 2014 Men: 49.0% 49.0% 2015 Men: 55.2% 55.2% 2016 Men: 54.7% 54.7% 2017 Men: 55.9% 55.9% 2018 Men: 64.5% 64.5% 2019 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2020 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2021 Men: 57.4% 57.4% 2022 Men: 57.3% 57.3% 2023 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2024 Men: 51.7% 51.7% 2011 Women: 65.7% 65.7% 2012 Women: 67.7% 67.7% 2013 Women: 66.0% 66.0% 2014 Women: 64.0% 64.0% 2015 Women: 68.9% 68.9% 2016 Women: 69.9% 69.9% 2017 Women: 69.3% 69.3% 2018 Women: 69.2% 69.2% 2019 Women: 69.3% 69.3% 2020 Women: 70.4% 70.4% 2021 Women: 70.2% 70.2% 2022 Women: 69.6% 69.6% 2023 Women: 68.5% 68.5% 2024 Women: 69.4% 69.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Hispanic: 27.8% 27.8% 2012 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Hispanic: 71.4% 71.4% 2014 Hispanic: 58.3% 58.3% 2015 Hispanic: 55.6% 55.6% 2016 Hispanic: 54.3% 54.3% 2017 Hispanic: 45.2% 45.2% 2018 Hispanic: 54.3% 54.3% 2019 Hispanic: 30.0% 30.0% 2020 Hispanic: 68.6% 68.6% 2021 Hispanic: 60.5% 60.5% 2022 Hispanic: 57.4% 57.4% 2023 Hispanic: 55.0% 55.0% 2024 Hispanic: 52.2% 52.2% 2011 White: 64.7% 64.7% 2012 White: 65.7% 65.7% 2013 White: 63.5% 63.5% 2014 White: 59.0% 59.0% 2015 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2016 White: 65.5% 65.5% 2017 White: 66.5% 66.5% 2018 White: 70.7% 70.7% 2019 White: 69.1% 69.1% 2020 White: 68.6% 68.6% 2021 White: 66.5% 66.5% 2022 White: 69.4% 69.4% 2023 White: 68.5% 68.5% 2024 White: 68.0% 68.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 25.6% 130 68% / 32% 2% $71,399 75 96%
Health Sciences 24.8% 126 25% / 75% 2% $74,674 79 100%
Humanities & Social Sciences 19.7% 100 26% / 74% 4% $58,130 46 94%
Education 9.1% 46 22% / 78% 2% $50,844 24 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.3% 27 52% / 48% 7% $72,449 76 91%
Computer Science 4.5% 23 91% / 9% 4% $86,657 89 —
Engineering 4.3% 22 86% / 14% 18% $105,522 97 92%
Arts 3.5% 18 39% / 61% 0% $47,220 16 —
Professional 2.0% 10 60% / 40% 0% $70,707 74 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 6 67% / 33% 17% $66,105 65 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Business & Economics — — — — 3 #213 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 3 #536 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 83.9% 83.9% 2012 Acceptance: 73.2% 73.2% 2013 Acceptance: 96.2% 96.2% 2014 Acceptance: 96.1% 96.1% 2015 Acceptance: 73.0% 73.0% 2016 Acceptance: 63.6% 63.6% 2017 Acceptance: 60.8% 60.8% 2018 Acceptance: 62.7% 62.7% 2019 Acceptance: 76.8% 76.8% 2020 Acceptance: 73.8% 73.8% 2021 Acceptance: 72.4% 72.4% 2022 Acceptance: 73.9% 73.9% 2023 Acceptance: 73.3% 73.3% 2024 Acceptance: 77.3% 77.3% 2011 Yield: 29.1% 29.1% 2012 Yield: 24.0% 24.0% 2013 Yield: 20.2% 20.2% 2014 Yield: 18.5% 18.5% 2015 Yield: 24.1% 24.1% 2016 Yield: 16.1% 16.1% 2017 Yield: 17.0% 17.0% 2018 Yield: 15.4% 15.4% 2019 Yield: 12.7% 12.7% 2020 Yield: 15.3% 15.3% 2021 Yield: 17.0% 17.0% 2022 Yield: 17.3% 17.3% 2023 Yield: 16.7% 16.7% 2024 Yield: 16.7% 16.7%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,257 2,257 2012 Applicants: 3,309 3,309 2013 Applicants: 2,897 2,897 2014 Applicants: 2,954 2,954 2015 Applicants: 2,546 2,546 2016 Applicants: 4,426 4,426 2017 Applicants: 5,335 5,335 2018 Applicants: 5,234 5,234 2019 Applicants: 4,877 4,877 2020 Applicants: 4,607 4,607 2021 Applicants: 4,005 4,005 2022 Applicants: 3,589 3,589 2023 Applicants: 3,456 3,456 2024 Applicants: 2,964 2,964 2011 Admitted: 1,894 1,894 2012 Admitted: 2,422 2,422 2013 Admitted: 2,786 2,786 2014 Admitted: 2,838 2,838 2015 Admitted: 1,858 1,858 2016 Admitted: 2,814 2,814 2017 Admitted: 3,244 3,244 2018 Admitted: 3,281 3,281 2019 Admitted: 3,745 3,745 2020 Admitted: 3,402 3,402 2021 Admitted: 2,900 2,900 2022 Admitted: 2,653 2,653 2023 Admitted: 2,534 2,534 2024 Admitted: 2,292 2,292 2011 Enrolled: 551 551 2012 Enrolled: 582 582 2013 Enrolled: 562 562 2014 Enrolled: 524 524 2015 Enrolled: 448 448 2016 Enrolled: 454 454 2017 Enrolled: 550 550 2018 Enrolled: 506 506 2019 Enrolled: 477 477 2020 Enrolled: 521 521 2021 Enrolled: 493 493 2022 Enrolled: 459 459 2023 Enrolled: 422 422 2024 Enrolled: 383 383

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 23%
SAT Range 930 – 1170
SAT Math Range 440 – 590
SAT RW Range 490 – 580

SAT Composite

25th 75th
900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2018 25th: 1020 1020 2019 25th: 1070 1070 2020 25th: 980 980 2021 25th: 1030 1030 2022 25th: 1020 1020 2024 25th: 930 930 2018 75th: 1190 1190 2019 75th: 1270 1270 2020 75th: 1170 1170 2021 75th: 1190 1190 2022 75th: 1240 1240 2024 75th: 1170 1170

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2018 25th: 510 510 2019 25th: 580 580 2020 25th: 490 490 2021 25th: 520 520 2022 25th: 520 520 2024 25th: 440 440 2018 75th: 590 590 2019 75th: 680 680 2020 75th: 590 590 2021 75th: 600 600 2022 75th: 620 620 2024 75th: 590 590

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2018 25th: 510 510 2019 25th: 490 490 2020 25th: 490 490 2021 25th: 510 510 2022 25th: 500 500 2024 25th: 490 490 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 590 590 2020 75th: 580 580 2021 75th: 590 590 2022 75th: 620 620 2024 75th: 580 580

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2012 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2013 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2014 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2015 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2016 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0% 2017 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 55.0% 55.0% 2022 Submitted: 49.0% 49.0% 2024 Submitted: 23.0% 23.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.