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Carlow University was awarded 16 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.
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College Factual ranked Carlow as #1,031 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Carlow held the #1,124 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Carlow is also ranked #61 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
With an acceptance rate of 92%, Carlow University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 48% of students accepted to Carlow submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 475 and 550.
The student to faculty ratio at Carlow is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Carlow University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Carlow University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Carlow the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 45%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,277 undergraduates at Carlow with 1,009 being full-time and 268 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,923 | $16,143 | $19,187 | $22,744 | $27,148 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Carlow, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Carlow, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $7,667 a year. That adds up to $30,668 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Carlow is 4.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Carlow University.
Contact details for Carlow are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3333 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3165 |
| Phone: | 412-578-6000 |
| Website: | www.carlow.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/CarlowUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/CarlowU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 132 | NA |
| General Biology | 46 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 20 | $27,426 |
| Chemistry | 19 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 14 | NA |
| Nursing | 13 | $60,706 |
| General Psychology | 11 | $29,457 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 11 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 10 | NA |
| Accounting | 9 | $45,285 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,720 students took at least one online class at Carlow University. This is a decrease from the 1,826 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,720 | 608 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,826 | 768 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,125 | 324 |
| 2017-2018 | 959 | 327 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,023 | 371 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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