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St. John's College

Annapolis, Maryland Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Annapolis, Maryland, St. John's College is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 583, made up of 471 undergraduates and 112 graduate students.

St. John's College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Liberal Arts and Sciences. It awarded 157 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

83% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

Mission

St. John's College is a community dedicated to liberal education. Such education seeks to free human beings from prejudice and unexamined opinion, to help them reflect on the nature of things and on the ends and means of human endeavors, to prepare them to meet the known and unknown challenges the future will present, and to enable them to make thoughtful choices in public and private life. Students at St. John's engage in this education by participating in the activities of its community of learning. The central activity is the reading and discussion, in small classes, of the great works of the West.

Mission statement as reported by St. John's College

Key figures

583
Students enrolled
83%
First-year retention
157
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
1
Programs and majors
8:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 1

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
83%
Student-to-faculty ratio
8:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
115
Master's degrees
42

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
583
Undergraduates, fall 2024
471
Graduate students, fall 2024
112
Full-time, fall 2024
90%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
653
Undergraduates, 2024-25
473
Graduate students, 2024-25
180
Full-time, 2024-25
86%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
45%
Men
55%
White
64%
Hispanic or Latino
8%
Black or African American
1%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
12%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
9%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
President
Susan Paalman
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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