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Cairn University was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is religious studies.
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College Factual ranked Cairn as #1,781 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Cairn is also ranked #92 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
Cairn University has an acceptance rate of 82%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
At Cairn, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Cairn University is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Cairn University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Cairn this rate is 28%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 924 undergraduates at Cairn with 854 being full-time and 70 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,041 | $23,260 | $21,941 | $27,885 | $30,632 |
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 Cairn, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cairn, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $7,118 a year. That adds up to $28,472 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Cairn is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Cairn are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 200 Manor Ave, Langhorne, PA 19047-2990 |
| Phone: | 215-752-5800 |
| Website: | www.cairn.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/cairnu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/cairnu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 24 | NA |
| Biblical Studies | 21 | NA |
| Social Work | 16 | $32,714 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 15 | $25,470 |
| General Psychology | 13 | NA |
| Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries | 11 | NA |
| Music | 10 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 9 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 8 | NA |
| Computer Science | 4 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 334 students took at least one online class at Cairn University. This is a decrease from the 345 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 334 | 180 |
| 2019-2020 | 345 | 193 |
| 2018-2019 | 282 | 184 |
| 2017-2018 | 362 | 172 |
| 2016-2017 | 258 | 123 |
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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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