Saint Vincent College

#3443 / #903
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
#1405
Most Desirable School
Private Benedictine liberal arts college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Saint Vincent College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#903
Acceptance rate (fall 2024)
62%
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$43,696
Graduation rate
70%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,259

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Saint Vincent College Featured Rankings

About Saint Vincent College

According to Wikipedia, Saint Vincent College is a private Benedictine college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, it is operated by the Benedictine Monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, which was also founded by Wimmer.

Saint Vincent College's Online Degrees

Doctorate in Accelerated Osteopathic Medicine
  • Required Credits: 102
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Anthropology
Degree Concentrations
  • Applied Anthropology
  • General Anthropology Concentrations
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Art Education
  • Format: Fully online
MA in Dental Medicine
  • Required Credits: 59
  • Completion Time: 4 years
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Biochemistry
  • Required Credits: 104
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Councelor Education
  • Required Credits: 39
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Accounting
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Data Science
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Communication
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Health Science
  • Format: Fully online
BA in English
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Education
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Environmental Science
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Digital Art And Media
Degree Concentrations
  • Graphic Design
  • Video and Animation
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Education Early Childhood PreK-4
  • Format: Fully online
BA in French
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Computer Science
  • Required Credits: 128
  • Format: Fully online
DNP in Nurse Anesthesia Practice
  • Required Credits: 91
  • Completion Time: 36 months
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Instructional Design and Technology
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Completion Time: 21 months
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Integrated Science
Degree Concentrations
  • Allied Health
  • Chemical and Biological Analysis
  • Applied Physics and Science
  • Technology and Society Concentrations
  • Required Credits: 137
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Criminology
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Criminology and School Counseling
  • Required Credits: 57
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Criminology, Law and Society
  • Format: Fully online
BBA in Management
Degree Concentrations
  • Sports Management Track
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Management: Operational Excellence
  • Format: Fully online
BA/BS in Mathematics
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Mathematics/Actuarial Science
  • Completion Time: 5 years
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Music Performance
Degree Concentrations
  • Sacred Music Concentration
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Psychology
Degree Concentrations
  • Mental Health Concentration
  • Format: Fully online
BA in History
  • Required Credits: 124
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Philosophy
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Public History
  • Required Credits: 124
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Mathematics/Engineering
  • Required Credits: 194
  • Completion Time: 5 years
  • Format: Fully online
BA/BS in Biology
Degree Concentrations
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Organismal Biology
  • Population Biology Concentrations
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Chemistry
  • Required Credits: 101
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 140
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Engineering
Degree Concentrations
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering Concentration
  • Required Credits: 164
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Environmental Chemistry
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Nursing
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 128
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business Data Analytics
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business Education Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 141-142
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Philosophy and Theology
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Middle Grade Education
  • Format: Fully online
PharmD in Pharmacy
  • Required Credits: 66
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Philosophy and Politics
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Politics and Political Science
Degree Concentrations
  • Politics and Political Science
  • Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties Concentration
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Pre-Med
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Physics/Physics Education
  • Required Credits: 116
  • Format: Fully online
BA/BS in Economics
  • Format: Fully online
MS in School Administration and Supervision
  • Required Credits: 39
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Finance
Degree Concentrations
  • Four academic tracks
  • Corporate finance
  • Investment management
  • Behavioral finance
  • Computational finance
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Special Education
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Completion Time: 21 months
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Spanish
  • Format: Fully online
BS in International Business
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Sports and Media
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Sports Management
  • Completion Time: 4 years
  • Format: Fully online
BBA in Marketing
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Liberal Arts
Degree Concentrations
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal Concentration.American Studies
  • Business Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Media Studies
  • Pre-Health studies and Quantitative Studies.
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Theology
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Pre-Law
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Public Policy
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Studio Arts
  • Format: Fully online

Saint Vincent College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Annual ApplicationsAcceptanceRetention RateGraduation RateMedian SAT ScoreMedian ACT Score
2,37462%82%70%112523

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Saint Vincent College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$43,696
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$14,450
30K - 48K$16,414
48K - 75K$15,722
75K - 110K$23,581
110K+$30,101

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Saint Vincent College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Saint Vincent College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $66,391 a year, and 95% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Saint Vincent College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-GradsGraduates
1,5671,342225

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Saint Vincent College?

Saint Vincent College is located at 300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA 15650-2690.

How Safe is Saint Vincent College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Saint Vincent College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Saint Vincent College has a violent crime rate of 0.14% and a property crime rate of 0.07%. Latrobe has a violent crime rate of 0.17% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 0.75%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Saint Vincent College Known For?

Saint Vincent College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Saint Vincent College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Saint Vincent College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Mathematics
#1855
World Rank
#1904
Historical Rank
#443
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #443 in the U.S. and #1855 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Chemistry
#2493
World Rank
#2508
Historical Rank
#516
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #516 in the U.S. and #2493 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.

chemistry Degrees
Sociology
#1918
World Rank
#1927
Historical Rank
#555
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #555 in the U.S. and #1918 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Economics
#3704
World Rank
#3711
Historical Rank
#623
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #623 in the U.S. and #3704 worldwide for influence in Economics.

economics Degrees
Biology
#3162
World Rank
#3185
Historical Rank
#727
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #727 in the U.S. and #3162 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Communications
#2865
World Rank
#2892
Historical Rank
#759
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #759 in the U.S. and #2865 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Computer Science
#3462
World Rank
#3471
Historical Rank
#778
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #778 in the U.S. and #3462 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Physics
#3332
World Rank
#3356
Historical Rank
#789
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #789 in the U.S. and #3332 worldwide for influence in Physics.

physics Degrees
Anthropology
#2436
World Rank
#2448
Historical Rank
#794
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #794 in the U.S. and #2436 worldwide for influence in Anthropology.

anthropology Degrees
Business
#3104
World Rank
#3105
Historical Rank
#814
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #814 in the U.S. and #3104 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Psychology
#2226
World Rank
#2241
Historical Rank
#854
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #854 in the U.S. and #2226 worldwide for influence in Psychology.

psychology Degrees
Engineering
#4740
World Rank
#4747
Historical Rank
#855
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #855 in the U.S. and #4740 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Political Science
#4071
World Rank
#4078
Historical Rank
#940
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #940 in the U.S. and #4071 worldwide for influence in Political Science.

political-science Degrees
History
#2932
World Rank
#2948
Historical Rank
#940
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #940 in the U.S. and #2932 worldwide for influence in History.

history Degrees
Literature
#2844
World Rank
#2887
Historical Rank
#947
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #947 in the U.S. and #2844 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees
Philosophy
#3156
World Rank
#3198
Historical Rank
#951
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #951 in the U.S. and #3156 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.

philosophy Degrees
Social Work
#2386
World Rank
#2386
Historical Rank
#987
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #987 in the U.S. and #2386 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Education
#4348
World Rank
#4356
Historical Rank
#1011
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #1011 in the U.S. and #4348 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Medical
#4088
World Rank
#4089
Historical Rank
#1186
USA Rank

Saint Vincent College ranks #1186 in the U.S. and #4088 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees

Who Are Saint Vincent College's Most Influential Alumni?

Daniel J. Schaid
An American biostatistician.
Leander Schnerr
A Catholic priest and Benedictine monk.