St. John's University is a private, Catholic, Vincentian research university founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission, with its main residential campus on a 105-acre suburban tract in Queens, New York City. With around 20,000 students drawn from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries, St. John's is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States, organized across six schools and colleges — most prominently the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Tobin College of Business (AACSB-accredited), the St. John's School of Law, the School of Education, the Collins College of Professional Studies, and St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The university's Vincentian mission — service to the poor and care for the dignity of all — shapes a campus culture built around community service, social justice coursework, and a global outlook. A defining feature of St. John's is its multi-campus presence in New York City: the main residential campus is in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, with a Manhattan campus near the Financial District (especially active for graduate business, law, and risk-management programs) and a Staten Island campus. Students take advantage of NYC's industries — finance, media, healthcare, fashion, hospitality, government — and the university operates global academic centers in Rome, Paris, and Limerick, Ireland that anchor the popular Discover the World study-abroad program (students can spend a semester or year living and studying across multiple international campuses). For international students, St. John's is one of the more accessible private NYC universities: a relatively high admit rate (~80%), generous merit aid (up to $35,000/year), and the unusual combination of New York City access with a residential green-space campus in Queens. The university is SEVP-certified and supports F-1/J-1 students through the Office of Global Studies and dedicated international-student services. STEM-designated majors (notably the Tobin Business analytics, computer science, and data science tracks, plus pharmacy/health sciences) qualify for the 24-month STEM-OPT extension, and the NYC location places students within direct reach of Wall Street, Big Pharma, top hospital systems, and the largest H-1B-sponsoring employer market in the country.
Visa, OPT, H-1B alumni outcomes, and acceptance rates by country — sourced from FOIA, USCIS H-1B Hub, and DHS SEVIS.
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Tuition & Fees (All Students)
$53,529 – $57,409
/yr
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How life on campus actually feels — clubs, sports, traditions, housing realities, and how the school integrates with its city.
One of the oldest pharmacy schools in the New York region. ACPE-accredited PharmD plus a wide range of health-sciences degrees including Physician Assistant Studies, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and Health Care Informatics. Strong clinical-rotation network across NYC hospitals.
AACSB-accredited business school with internationally distinctive programs in Risk Management & Insurance and Actuarial Science (the school is an AACSB-accredited home of one of the few stand-alone Risk Management degrees in the world). Manhattan campus deepens Wall Street ties.
The university's largest college, home to the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences — including computer science, biology, psychology, communication, and the pre-med tracks.
Top-tier law school with internationally renowned Bankruptcy Law and Tax Law programs. NYC's downtown legal market is a primary employer.
CAEP-accredited teacher-preparation programs with strong placement into NYC public and Catholic schools.
Career-focused undergraduate programs in hospitality, criminal justice, sport management, and homeland security — leveraging NYC's tourism, security, and entertainment industries.
6 years
Direct-entry six-year PharmD program with clinical rotations across the densest hospital network in the country (NYC). One of the longest-running pharmacy schools on the East Coast — strong NAPLEX pass rates and extensive industry placement.
4 years
One of only a handful of standalone Risk Management & Insurance bachelor's programs in the world, with deep ties to NYC's insurance industry (AIG, Marsh, Aon, Chubb) and the Greenberg School of Risk Management. Top-3 nationally for placement into the insurance and risk industries.
1 years
Distinctive global program letting students live and study at St. John's international campuses in Rome, Paris, and Limerick (Ireland) — sometimes within a single semester. Available across most majors; deeply integrated into the Vincentian global-citizenship mission.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $53,020
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
