Saint Louis, MO · Private · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Saint Louis University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$153,385
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $10,300.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Saint Louis University
| Full price | $80,714 |
| After grants, at your income | $33,373 |
100% of first-year students here got a grant or scholarship from the college in 2023-24, $42,174 on average.
At this income, 19 of Missouri's other 19 colleges cost less after grants, and 0 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Saint Louis University's promise. SLU Tuition Promise: full undergraduate tuition for first-time freshmen with a combined parent adjusted gross income of $60,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Saint Louis University, our scenarios for Missouri households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $8,100 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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SLU Tuition Promise: full undergraduate tuition for first-time freshmen with a combined parent adjusted gross income of $60,000 or less
Household income up to $60,000. Covers tuition.
- It is for students entering the St. Louis campus in fall 2026 or later, with a 3.0 GPA, combined parent assets of $50,000 or less and federal aid eligibility. The student must live on campus. Awards are made from available funds to those who deposit by May 1.
“SLU is committed to making a world-class education accessible. If you're a first-time freshman with a combined parent adjusted gross income (AGI) of $60,000 or less, you may qualify to have your full undergraduate tuition covered through gift aid from all sources, including any federal and/or state gift aid a student might be eligible to receive.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Saint Louis University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Missouri, it also counts Missouri's tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $8,100 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Saint Louis University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Missouri, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Saint Louis University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Grants from the college
How many first-year students got a grant from Saint Louis University, and the average, are the Department of Education's figures for full-time students who started in 2023-24. They cover every income. The prices after grants already count these grants, so don't take them off again. The Department of Education's page for Saint Louis University →
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Saint Louis University's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 4.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Saint Louis University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Missouri Baptist University$25,609 a year
- Missouri Valley College$30,067 a year
- Saint Louis University$33,373 a year
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