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Calumet College of Saint Joseph

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Population 5,500,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Whiting, IN

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,280 (12%)
Days Without Precipitation 228 (18%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 398
Men / Women 63% / 37%
From State 59%
From Region 19%
Athletes 285 (74.4%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 32%
White 32%
Hispanic 30%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 50.9% 50.9% 2012 Men: 54.2% 54.2% 2013 Men: 64.4% 64.4% 2014 Men: 52.1% 52.1% 2015 Men: 53.2% 53.2% 2016 Men: 66.7% 66.7% 2017 Men: 52.1% 52.1% 2018 Men: 56.6% 56.6% 2019 Men: 52.3% 52.3% 2020 Men: 54.8% 54.8% 2021 Men: 53.0% 53.0% 2022 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2023 Men: 70.3% 70.3% 2024 Men: 65.2% 65.2% 2025 Men: 67.2% 67.2%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 13.4% 13.4% 2012 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2013 Black: 18.8% 18.8% 2014 Black: 27.4% 27.4% 2015 Black: 18.0% 18.0% 2016 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2017 Black: 18.8% 18.8% 2018 Black: 24.5% 24.5% 2019 Black: 28.8% 28.8% 2020 Black: 29.0% 29.0% 2021 Black: 32.6% 32.6% 2022 Black: 38.3% 38.3% 2023 Black: 39.8% 39.8% 2024 Black: 37.8% 37.8% 2025 Black: 35.2% 35.2% 2011 Hispanic: 42.0% 42.0% 2012 Hispanic: 38.3% 38.3% 2013 Hispanic: 32.9% 32.9% 2014 Hispanic: 29.1% 29.1% 2015 Hispanic: 32.4% 32.4% 2016 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2017 Hispanic: 24.0% 24.0% 2018 Hispanic: 32.1% 32.1% 2019 Hispanic: 34.8% 34.8% 2020 Hispanic: 37.1% 37.1% 2021 Hispanic: 48.5% 48.5% 2022 Hispanic: 41.4% 41.4% 2023 Hispanic: 31.2% 31.2% 2024 Hispanic: 31.1% 31.1% 2025 Hispanic: 23.8% 23.8% 2011 White: 43.8% 43.8% 2012 White: 35.0% 35.0% 2013 White: 45.0% 45.0% 2014 White: 40.2% 40.2% 2015 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2016 White: 37.0% 37.0% 2017 White: 51.0% 51.0% 2018 White: 33.0% 33.0% 2019 White: 30.3% 30.3% 2020 White: 25.0% 25.0% 2021 White: 13.6% 13.6% 2022 White: 18.0% 18.0% 2023 White: 22.7% 22.7% 2024 White: 20.7% 20.7% 2025 White: 32.8% 32.8% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 508 508 2012 Total: 438 438 2013 Total: 580 580 2014 Total: 532 532 2015 Total: 532 532 2016 Total: 489 489 2017 Total: 427 427 2018 Total: 285 285 2019 Total: 380 380 2020 Total: 700 700 2021 Total: 437 437 2022 Total: 431 431 2023 Total: 426 426 2024 Total: 435 435 2025 Total: 398 398 2011 Men: 240 240 2012 Men: 227 227 2013 Men: 311 311 2014 Men: 256 256 2015 Men: 270 270 2016 Men: 252 252 2017 Men: 215 215 2018 Men: 156 156 2019 Men: 182 182 2020 Men: 490 490 2021 Men: 217 217 2022 Men: 223 223 2023 Men: 264 264 2024 Men: 269 269 2025 Men: 252 252 2011 Women: 268 268 2012 Women: 211 211 2013 Women: 269 269 2014 Women: 276 276 2015 Women: 262 262 2016 Women: 237 237 2017 Women: 212 212 2018 Women: 129 129 2019 Women: 198 198 2020 Women: 210 210 2021 Women: 220 220 2022 Women: 208 208 2023 Women: 162 162 2024 Women: 166 166 2025 Women: 146 146

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 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: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2017 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2018 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Black: 21.9% 21.9% 2012 Black: 18.9% 18.9% 2013 Black: 21.7% 21.7% 2014 Black: 24.8% 24.8% 2015 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2016 Black: 22.9% 22.9% 2017 Black: 19.0% 19.0% 2018 Black: 27.0% 27.0% 2019 Black: 27.1% 27.1% 2020 Black: 15.9% 15.9% 2021 Black: 28.6% 28.6% 2022 Black: 34.3% 34.3% 2023 Black: 34.0% 34.0% 2024 Black: 33.1% 33.1% 2025 Black: 32.2% 32.2% 2011 Hispanic: 30.7% 30.7% 2012 Hispanic: 32.2% 32.2% 2013 Hispanic: 32.4% 32.4% 2014 Hispanic: 32.0% 32.0% 2015 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 Hispanic: 30.9% 30.9% 2017 Hispanic: 32.1% 32.1% 2018 Hispanic: 35.1% 35.1% 2019 Hispanic: 30.0% 30.0% 2020 Hispanic: 17.0% 17.0% 2021 Hispanic: 35.0% 35.0% 2022 Hispanic: 29.2% 29.2% 2023 Hispanic: 34.7% 34.7% 2024 Hispanic: 33.1% 33.1% 2025 Hispanic: 30.2% 30.2% 2011 White: 46.5% 46.5% 2012 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2013 White: 44.3% 44.3% 2014 White: 40.6% 40.6% 2015 White: 42.1% 42.1% 2016 White: 42.1% 42.1% 2017 White: 43.1% 43.1% 2018 White: 24.9% 24.9% 2019 White: 37.9% 37.9% 2020 White: 20.1% 20.1% 2021 White: 29.1% 29.1% 2022 White: 24.8% 24.8% 2023 White: 24.2% 24.2% 2024 White: 24.1% 24.1% 2025 White: 31.7% 31.7% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 International: 5.5% 5.5% 2025 International: 2.3% 2.3%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Calumet College of Saint Joseph 113 63% 39% 2% 21% 35% 4% $73,055 52 +1.80 79 96% 5.6%
Natural Science 8 — 62% 38% 0% 12% 50% 0% $72,199 94 +1.70 78 — — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,195 10 -1.12 67 — — — — —
Accounting 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $67,566 9 -1.26 71 — — — — —
Business Administration 25 — 64% 36% 0% 28% 28% 8% $57,419 5 -1.05 50 94% 7.5% — — —
Organizational Management — — — — — — — — $57,419 5 -1.34 50 94% 7.5% — — —
English 3 — 33% 33% 0% 33% 33% 0% $57,500 77 +0.62 50 — — — — —
Liberal Studies 11 — 55% 55% 0% 27% 18% 0% $62,028 81 +0.45 61 — — — — —
Human Services — — — — — — — — $61,716 95 +1.00 61 — — — — —
Psychology 14 — 36% 29% 0% 36% 29% 7% $63,137 90 +1.22 63 — — — — —
Elementary Education 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $56,623 82 +0.64 48 — — — — —
Digital Media 3 — 67% 33% 33% 0% 0% 33% $43,414 11 -0.83 15 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 43 — 79% 37% 2% 14% 47% 0% $93,093 100 +4.58 93 98% 4.5% — — —
Criminal Justice/Police Science — — — — — — — — $93,093 100 +4.58 93 98% 4.5% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $25,519
ROI Percentile 79th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 42%
4-Year Graduation Rate 15%
6-Year Graduation Rate 23%
Transfer-Out Rate 42%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 28.3% 28.3% 2012 Graduated: 29.8% 29.8% 2013 Graduated: 33.8% 33.8% 2014 Graduated: 23.9% 23.9% 2015 Graduated: 31.5% 31.5% 2016 Graduated: 24.5% 24.5% 2017 Graduated: 23.6% 23.6% 2018 Graduated: 27.1% 27.1% 2019 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0% 2020 Graduated: 27.9% 27.9% 2021 Graduated: 24.4% 24.4% 2022 Graduated: 25.0% 25.0% 2023 Graduated: 29.9% 29.9% 2024 Graduated: 22.9% 22.9%

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

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 27.3% 2012 Men: 25.5% 2013 Men: 26.2% 2014 Men: 19.5% 2015 Men: 33.0% 2016 Men: 25.9% 2017 Men: 27.9% 2018 Men: 31.9% 2019 Men: 38.8% 2020 Men: 28.8% 2021 Men: 21.5% 2022 Men: 19.7% 2023 Men: 24.5% 2024 Men: 18.3% 2011 Women: 29.2% 2012 Women: 35.1% 2013 Women: 42.1% 2014 Women: 29.2% 2015 Women: 28.8% 2016 Women: 22.9% 2017 Women: 19.4% 2018 Women: 22.5% 2019 Women: 53.1% 2020 Women: 26.8% 2021 Women: 27.8% 2022 Women: 35.1% 2023 Women: 35.4% 2024 Women: 28.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 0.0% 2012 Black: 16.7% 2013 Black: 21.4% 2014 Black: 20.0% 2015 Black: 13.8% 2016 Black: 7.1% 2017 Black: 0.0% 2018 Black: 13.5% 2019 Black: 13.8% 2020 Black: 25.8% 2021 Black: 36.4% 2022 Black: 22.2% 2023 Black: 33.3% 2024 Black: 18.5% 2011 Hispanic: 28.6% 2012 Hispanic: 40.9% 2013 Hispanic: 33.3% 2014 Hispanic: 21.4% 2015 Hispanic: 36.6% 2016 Hispanic: 26.2% 2017 Hispanic: 16.0% 2018 Hispanic: 26.0% 2019 Hispanic: 63.8% 2020 Hispanic: 25.0% 2021 Hispanic: 14.3% 2022 Hispanic: 21.4% 2023 Hispanic: 7.1% 2024 Hispanic: 19.4% 2011 White: 40.9% 2012 White: 28.0% 2013 White: 37.5% 2014 White: 27.0% 2015 White: 36.5% 2016 White: 33.8% 2017 White: 39.6% 2018 White: 36.7% 2019 White: 42.6% 2020 White: 30.0% 2021 White: 26.9% 2022 White: 32.6% 2023 White: 42.6% 2024 White: 34.3%

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Professional 38.1% 43 79% 37% 2% 14% 47% 0% $93,093 91 +4.58 93 98% 4.5%
Business & Economics 23.9% 27 63% 37% 0% 30% 26% 7% $58,171 3 -1.07 52 94% 7.5%
Humanities 12.4% 14 50% 50% 0% 29% 21% 0% $61,058 79 +0.49 59 — —
Social Sciences 12.4% 14 36% 29% 0% 36% 29% 7% $63,137 67 +1.22 63 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 7.1% 8 62% 38% 0% 12% 50% 0% $72,199 92 +1.70 78 — —
Arts 2.7% 3 67% 33% 33% 0% 0% 33% $43,414 15 -0.83 15 — —
Education 2.7% 3 33% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $56,623 71 +0.64 48 — —
Health Sciences 0.9% 1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,195 10 -1.12 67 — —

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 73 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Basketball 53 $798K $798K $0
Baseball 40 $688K $688K $0
Bowling 22 $363K $363K $0
Soccer 12 $230K $230K $0
Volleyball 12 $205K $205K $0
Total 208 $3.4M $3.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Softball 24 $383K $383K $0
Soccer 18 $177K $177K $0
Basketball 14 $199K $199K $0
Bowling 14 $253K $253K $0
Volleyball 9 $78K $78K $0
Total 77 $1.1M $1.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 73 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Basketball 67 $997K $997K $0
Baseball 40 $688K $688K $0
Bowling 36 $616K $616K $0
Soccer 30 $408K $408K $0
Softball 24 $383K $383K $0
Volleyball 21 $283K $283K $0
Total 285 $4.6M $4.6M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 36.9% 36.9% 2012 Acceptance: 34.0% 34.0% 2013 Acceptance: 40.0% 40.0% 2014 Acceptance: 33.8% 33.8% 2011 Yield: 52.3% 52.3% 2012 Yield: 75.5% 75.5% 2013 Yield: 88.1% 88.1% 2014 Yield: 70.1% 70.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 596 596 2012 Applicants: 565 565 2013 Applicants: 545 545 2014 Applicants: 524 524 2011 Admitted: 220 220 2012 Admitted: 192 192 2013 Admitted: 218 218 2014 Admitted: 177 177 2011 Enrolled: 115 115 2012 Enrolled: 145 145 2013 Enrolled: 192 192 2014 Enrolled: 124 124

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

600 700 800 900 1000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 610 610 2012 25th: 700 700 2013 25th: 780 780 2011 75th: 1000 1000 2012 75th: 920 920 2013 75th: 940 940

SAT Math

300 350 400 450 500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 310 310 2012 25th: 360 360 2013 25th: 390 390 2011 75th: 490 490 2012 75th: 470 470 2013 75th: 480 480

SAT Reading & Writing

300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 300 300 2012 25th: 340 340 2013 25th: 390 390 2011 75th: 510 510 2012 75th: 450 450 2013 75th: 460 460

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 51.0% 51.0% 2012 Submitted: 80.0% 80.0% 2013 Submitted: 72.0% 72.0%

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.