Fall 2009
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ENROLLMENT
Total: 2,237 (with an additional 358 outreach/collaborative students)
Undergraduate students total: 1515
- Traditional: 908 (60%)
- Adult: 607 (40%)
- by gender: women: 93% men: 7%
- by ethnicity: white: 65% Black/African American: 17% all others: 3% unreported: 15%
- by religion: Catholic: 40% Protestant: 6% other or unreported: 54%
- by home: Allegheny County: 64% other PA: 33% other states: 2.7% other countries: 0.2%
- undergraduates who live on campus: 369 (24%)
- total capacity of the residence halls: 416
Graduate students total: 722
- by gender: women: 91% men: 9%
- by ethnicity: white: 66% Black/African American: 12% all others: 3% unreported: 19%
- by religion: Catholic: 35% Protestant: 14% other or unreported: 51%
RETENTION RATES
For first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates of all ages who started in fall 2008 and returned for fall 2009
Total Rate: 69%
- by gender: women: 69% men1: 64%
- by ethnicity: white: 73% Black/African American: 60%
GRADUATION RATES
For first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates of all ages who started in fall 2003
Total Rates: 4 years: 30% 5 years: 43% 6 years: 45%
- by gender: women: 4 years: 30% 5 years: 42% 6 years: 44%
men(1): 4 years: 43% 5 years: 86% 6 years: 86%
- by ethnicity:
white: 4 years: 32% 5 years: 46% 6 years: 47%
Black/African American: 4 years: 22% 5 years: 37% 6 years: 39%
UNDERGRADUATE CAREER PLACEMENT AND ENROLLMENT IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
For spring 2008 graduates
Undergraduates offered full-time employment within six months of graduation: 61%
Undergraduates attending graduate school within one year of graduation: 28%
(1)The sizes of cohorts for men are so small that percentages often change dramatically from year to year.
TUITION AND COSTS
For the 2009–2010 academic year
Full-time traditional undergraduates: Tuition: $20,864 Fees: $866 Room and board: $8,552 (double)
Adult undergraduates: Tuition: $520/credit
Masters courses other than MFA: Tuition: $625/credit
Doctoral and MFA courses: Tuition: $735/credit
FINANCIAL AID FOR UNDERGRADUATES
For the 2008-2009 academic year
Receiving federal aid (not including loans): 41%
Receiving state aid: 47%
Receiving institutional aid: 52%
Average total amount of non-loan aid awarded to individual students who applied for aid: $9,296
Average amount of institutional aid awarded to individual students who applied for aid: $6,367
HUMAN RESOURCES
For fall 2009
FACULTY
Total headcount: full-time: 96 part-time: 182
women: full-time: 75% part-time: 73%
men:
full-time: 25% part-time: 27%
with doctoral or other terminal degree: full-time: 72% part-time: 25%
undergraduate student-faculty ratio: 10:1
STAFF
Total headcount: full-time: 213 part-time: 54
women: full-time: 82% part-time: 76%
men:
full-time: 18% part-time: 24%
CAMPUS SCHOOL
For fall 2009
Total Enrollment: 247
Pre-K and K: 70 Grades 1-9: 177
Total Number of Teachers: 27 full-time Extended day program: 9 part-time
Teachers aids: 4 full-time 2 part-time
Student-faculty ratio: 9.5 to 1
TUITION & COSTS
Half-day preschool/pre-K: Tuition: $6,050 Activity fee: $100
Full-day preschool/pre-K: Tuition: $8,350 Activity fee: $100
Full-day kindergarten and grades 1–8: Tuition: $10,100 Activity fee: $100
Average financial aid per student receiving aid: $3,500
Number of students receiving aid: 39 |