by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., La Roche University landed the #596 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, La Roche came in at #41.
The total graduate student population at La Roche is made up of 70.5% women and 29.5% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at La Roche, around 15.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at La Roche. Around 19.3% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,539 | $12,539 |
| Fees | $80 | $80 |
After obtaining their master's degree from La Roche, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $175,085. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 200% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for La Roche are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 9000 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5898 |
| Phone: | 412-367-9300 |
| Website: | www.laroche.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/larochecollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/larochecollege |
Around 67.8% of La Roche graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 6.6% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 6 |
| Computer Information Systems | 7 |
| Human Resource Management | 11 |
| Nursing | 8 |
| Other Health Professions | 18 |
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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