St Catherine University Public Health (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Public Health
- Private nonprofit university
- Saint Paul, MN
- About 49 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
St Catherine University public health graduates earn about what public health graduates earn nationally, $42,407 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $29,815 in federal loans, more than at 88% of public health programs in the country. Two other Minnesota programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Minnesota and national columns are the medians across all public health bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, St Catherine University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $3,939 more than the Minnesota median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Minnesota public health program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Minnesota medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 40% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $316 a month, or 8.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
93% of graduates (51 of 55) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating. Prices in the Minneapolis area are about 5% above the national average, so a $42,407 salary here buys what about $40,456 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to public health, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Medical and Health Services Managers
$122,700Median pay in Minnesota. 11,350 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 24% from 2025 to 2035, with about 62,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Compliance Officers
$85,920Median pay in Minnesota. 6,140 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
$89,950Median pay in Minnesota. 6,760 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
$96,990Median pay in Minnesota. 2,460 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 19% from 2025 to 2035, with about 17,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About St Catherine University
Public Health ranks 7th of 12 bachelor's programs at St Catherine University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($76,084), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($72,272), and Economics ($64,916).
Other public health bachelor's programs near Saint Paul
Common questions
The median graduate earns $42,407 one year after graduating and $59,427 five years after. The median across public health bachelor's programs in Minnesota is $38,475.
The median federal loan balance is $29,815, which ranks 5th lowest of 7 public health bachelor's programs in Minnesota. That works out to about $316 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 70% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 63%. Compare the cost with other Minnesota programs before deciding.
Most do. 93% (51 of 55) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Minnesota comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the public health program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024