College of Saint Benedict

Name

College of Saint Benedict

Legal name

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

Website

https://csbsju.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Religiously Affiliated Liberal Arts Colleges (EDAHACAF)

Keywords

• Liberal arts education
• Undergraduate degree programs
• Women's college
• Higher education services
• Residential college experience

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Joseph

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Undergraduate Tuition: Primary revenue stream from tuition charges for undergraduate education. For 2026-2027, tuition is $29,215 per semester ($58,430 annually). Additional revenue from course fees, housing, dining, and related student services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

College of Saint Benedict is a private liberal arts college for women offering undergraduate residential education grounded in Benedictine Catholic values. Through its academic and social partnership with Saint John's University, students access a coeducational classroom and campus life experience while maintaining a single-sex identity on the CSB campus in St. Joseph, Minnesota. The college delivers degree programs, the True North Journey character/career development curriculum, study abroad opportunities, and a full residential campus experience including housing, dining, and athletics.

Product overview

College of Saint Benedict is a higher education institution offering undergraduate and graduate academic programs. It operates jointly with Saint John's University in a coeducational learning environment. The institution's primary offerings are educational degree programs, financial aid services, student account management, and student life services. These are not technology products or software offerings but rather educational and administrative services for enrolled students and prospective applicants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate Liberal Arts Degree Programs Residential undergraduate liberal arts degree programs for women, grounded in Benedictine Catholic values and traditions, with coeducational academic access through the partnership with Saint John's University. Designed for prospective undergraduate women seeking a four-year residential college experience.
• True North Journey Program A student development program that supports character formation, career readiness, and post-graduation success as part of the undergraduate experience at the College of Saint Benedict.
• Study Abroad Programs International study abroad opportunities offered as part of the undergraduate academic experience, allowing students to earn credit while studying in foreign countries.
• Women's Flag Football Team Women's flag football team offered as part of the college's athletics program, launching in spring 2026 in partnership with the Minnesota Vikings. Provides competitive athletic opportunities for female students.
• Residential Housing and Dining Services On-campus residential housing and meal plan services for students enrolled at the College of Saint Benedict, supporting the residential college experience on the St. Joseph, Minnesota campus.
• Financial Aid Program Financial aid packages, including need-based and merit-based awards, awarded to 100% of enrolled students to support affordability of the undergraduate education.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of students receive financial aid
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Minnesota VikingsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2025Partnership to launch a women's flag football team at the College of Saint Benedict. The Vikings have invested over $1 million since 2022 in growing girls' and women's flag football at high school and college levels in the Midwest. The team will compete in the Midwest College Women's Flag Football League starting in spring 2026. This partnership supports the addition of flag football as an emerging sport with Olympic visibility (added to 2028 Olympics).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Carleton College: Carleton is a highly selective private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. While more selective and secular, it draws from the same Minnesota and Upper Midwest applicant pool and competes for top liberal arts students.
• Macalester College: Macalester is a private liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota with strong international and values-based positioning. It competes for the same Minnesota liberal arts applicant pool.
• St. Olaf College: St. Olaf is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota with Lutheran heritage. It competes for the same regional applicant pool in Minnesota and shares comparable size, mission, and Benedictine-adjacent values-based education.
• Gustavus Adolphus College: Gustavus Adolphus is a private Lutheran liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota. It competes directly with CSB for Minnesota high school graduates and shares the religious-affiliated liberal arts positioning.

Direct peers

• Saint John's University: Saint John's University is the coeducational partner institution that shares faculty, programs, and campus resources with CSB under a 1966 coordination agreement. It is the most directly comparable institution given the integrated academic and operational relationship.
• Wellesley College: Wellesley College is a top-tier private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It is a benchmark women's liberal arts institution competing for similar applicants and embodying the same structural model.
• Agnes Scott College: Agnes Scott is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia with Presbyterian heritage. It is directly comparable as a religiously affiliated women's liberal arts institution of similar scale.
• Smith College: Smith College is a leading private women's liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is comparable in mission, target population, and residential liberal arts model.
• Saint Mary's College: Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana is a women's liberal arts college with a parallel partnership model with a nearby men's university (University of Notre Dame). It is highly comparable in mission, structure, and target student population to CSB.
• Mount Holyoke College: Mount Holyoke is one of the prominent US women's liberal arts colleges in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It shares the women's-college model and competes in the same broader women's liberal arts category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CSBSJU
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/college-of-saint-benedict
• Instagraminstagram.com/csbsju
• TikToktiktok.com/@csbsju

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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