| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.33 |
| Liaison | Kimberly Post |
| Submission Date | July 18, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Saint Joseph's College - ME
PA-7: Affordability and Access
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.07 / 4.00 |
Lynne
Robinson Associate VP/ Chief Enrollment Officer Online Admissions |
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Part 1
Support for Low-Income Students
Yes
None
A brief description of any policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students:
Institution offers need-based financial aid to students. As need increases, institutional aid increases.
None
A brief description of any programs to equip the institution’s faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
Educational Policy Committee review and approval of admissions changes to elimination of SAT score requirements.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide and prepare students and families from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
Orientation, First Year Experience (FYE)
None
A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
Institution offers need-based financial aid to students.
A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
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A brief description of the institution’s other policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
Institution offers need-based financial aid to students.
Support for Non-Traditional Students
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s scholarships provided specifically for part-time students:
Nursing students in online program
A brief description of the institution’s on-site child care facility, partnership with a local facility, and/or subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of students:
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A brief description of the institution’s other policies and programs to support non-traditional students:
College offers online courses, allowing a better fit to time/schedule of non-traditional student for the very purpose of making education more accessible to under-represented groups since the 1970s to ensure students interested in nursing and education fields would have access to education from any geographic location. It started as a correspondence program and has grown into a high quality online education system consisting of multiple programs that continue to provide low cost, high quality programs that offer the time and place flexibility required of non-traditional students. Numerous certificates are available to allow the non-traditional student increased opportunity to focus on a specific goal and complete a program within a short amount of time.
Part 2
Yes
The percentage of entering students that are low-income (0-100):
30
The graduation/success rate for low-income students (0-100):
77
On average, the percentage of need that was met for students who were awarded any need-based aid (e.g. as reported to the U.S. Common Data Set initiative, item H2) (0-100):
80
The percentage of students graduating with no interest-bearing student loan debt or for whom no out-of-pocket tuition is required (i.e. the percentage of graduates who have not taken out interest-bearing loans) (0-100):
20
Optional Fields
50
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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