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Fall 2011
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ENROLLMENT

Total: 2,346 (with an additional 612 outreach/collaborative students)

Undergraduate students: 1,446

  • Traditional: 866 (60%)
  • Adult: 580 (40%) 191 (33%) in day programs 389 (67%) in evening/weekend programs
  • by gender: women: 93% men: 7%
  • by ethnicity: white: 59% African American: 17% all others: 4% unreported: 20%
  • by religion*: Catholic: 33% Protestant: 6% other or unreported: 61%
  • by home: Allegheny County: 62% other PA: 34% other states: 4% other countries: 0.1%
  • undergraduates who live on campus: 25%

Graduate students: 900

  • by gender: women: 87% men: 13%
  • by ethnicity: white: 61% African American: 12% all others: 3% unreported: 24%
  • by religion1: Catholic: 28% Protestant: 11% other or unreported: 61%
RETENTION RATES
For first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates of all ages who started in fall 2010 and returned for fall 2011

Total rate: 74%

  • by ethnicity: white: 78%, African American: 64%

GRADUATION RATES
For first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates of all ages who started in fall 2005.

Total rates:

  • 4 years: 37%
  • 5 years: 49%
  • 6 years: 51%

UNDERGRADUATE CAREER PLACEMENT AND ENROLLMENT IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
Class of 2010

  • Undergraduates employed full-time within six months of graduation: 45%
  • Undergraduates employed full-time within one year of graduation: 51%
  • Undergraduates attending graduate school within one year of graduation: 18%

TUITION AND COSTS
For the 2011-2012 academic year

  • Full-time traditional undergraduates: Tuition: $23,296 Fees: $208 Room and board: $9,256 (double)
  • Adult undergraduates: Tuition: $562/credit
  • Masters courses other than MFA and MFF: Tuition: $686/credit
  • Doctoral, MFA, and MFF courses: Tuition: $806/credit
FINANCIAL AID FOR UNDERGRADUATES
For the 2010-2011 academic year
  • Percent of students receiving Federal Aid (not including loans): all: 58%, traditional: 65%
  • Percent of students receiving State Aid: all: 55%, traditional: 65%
  • Percent of students receiving Institutional Aid: all: 60%, traditional: 95%
  • Average total amount of non-loan aid awarded to students who applied for aid: all: $11,563, traditional: $14,512
  • Average amount of institutional aid awarded to students who applied for aid: all: $8,544,
    traditional: $8,738

HUMAN RESOURCES
For fall 2011

Faculty

  • Total headcount: full-time: 92 (women: 78% / men: 22%), part-time: 188 (women: 76% / men: 24%)
  • with doctoral or other terminal degree: full-time: 67%, part-time: 25%
  • undergraduate student-faculty ratio: 10:1

Staff

  • Total headcount: full-time: 180 (women: 88% / men: 12%), part-time: 48 (women: 92% / men: 8%)

THE CAMPUS SCHOOL
For fall 2011

Total Enrollment: 250
  • Pre-K and K: 49
  • Grades 1-8: 201

Total Number of Teachers:

  • 31 full-time, 1 part-time
  • Extended day program: 0 full-time, 14 part-time
  • Assistant teachers: 4 full-time, 0 part-time
  • Student-faculty ratio: 7 to 1

Tuition and Costs

  • Half-day preschool/pre–K: Tuition: $ 6,520 Activity fee: $100
  • Full-day preschool/pre–K: Tuition: $ 8,520 Activity fee: $100
  • Full-day kindergarten and grades 1–8: Tuition: $10,300 Activity fee, grades K-4: $100 grades 5-8: $200
  • Average financial aid per student receiving aid: $2,665
  • Number of students receiving aid: 40

 

* It appears that many Protestant students are choosing "Other" rather than "Protestant" when they
do not find their particular denomination listed.
 

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