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Point Park University was awarded 31 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is theater arts.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Point Park is ranked #995 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Point Park also holds the #58 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
Point Park 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.
About 72% of students accepted to Point Park submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 610. Math scores were between 470 and 570.
At Point Park, 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.
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 Point Park University is 30%. 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 Point Park 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Point Park the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,791 undergraduates at Point Park with 2,410 being full-time and 381 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,036 | $18,043 | $20,671 | $23,368 | $26,812 |
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 Point Park, 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 Point Park, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $10,135 a year. That adds up to $40,540 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Point Park is 4.2%. 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.
See which majors at Point Park University make the most money.
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Contact details for Point Park are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 201 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984 |
| Phone: | 412-391-4100 |
| Website: | www.pointpark.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/PointParkU |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/pointparku |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 65 | $38,965 |
| Dance | 61 | $19,213 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 61 | $32,739 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 58 | $22,168 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 37 | $22,008 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 33 | $34,321 |
| General Psychology | 29 | NA |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 18 | $34,010 |
| Accounting | 18 | $46,621 |
| Computer Information Systems | 15 | NA |
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, 1,919 students took at least one online class at Point Park University. This is a decrease from the 3,090 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,919 | 945 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,090 | 1,487 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,707 | 852 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,739 | 860 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,759 | 831 |
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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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