Carlow University Overview

Carlow University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city atmosphere of Pittsburgh makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Carlow University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Carlow since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Carlow.
• During a recent academic cycle, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Carlow bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $51,051 a year. That's about 25% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Carlow student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is 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

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How Do I Get Into Carlow?

You can apply to Carlow online at: https://www.carlow.edu/admissions-aid/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Carlow

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Carlow?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, Carlow is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 19% of accepted students are men and 81% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% 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 410 and 520. Math scores were between 440 and 580.

Carlow received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Carlow University?

The overall average net price of Carlow is $32,883. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 Carlow, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $8,149 a year. That adds up to $32,596 over four years for those students.

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Carlow University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,277 undergraduate students at Carlow, with 1,009 being full-time and 268 being part-time.

There are also 699 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,009 full-time undergraduates at Carlow, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Carlow University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	37
Black or African American	131
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	737
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	72

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Carlow University. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Carlow. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia.

Carlow University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	92	2	51	16	161
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	30	4	24	0	58
General Psychology	0	17	0	23	0	40
Business Administration & Management	0	15	0	24	0	39
Allied Health Professions	0	5	0	20	0	25
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	2	21	0	23
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	22	0	22
General Biology	0	19	0	0	0	19
Special Education	0	0	11	8	0	19
Accounting	0	15	0	0	0	15
Security Science and Technology	0	0	3	12	0	15
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	12	0	12
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	12	0	0	0	12
Social Work	0	5	0	7	0	12
Criminology	0	9	0	0	0	9
Writing Studies	0	0	0	7	0	7
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	7	0	0	0	7
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	7	7
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	6	0	0	0	6
Educational Administration	0	0	4	2	0	6
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	1	1	4	0	6
General English Literature	0	6	0	0	0	6
Fine & Studio Arts	0	4	0	2	0	6
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	5	0	5
General Business/Commerce	4	0	0	0	0	4
Human Resource Management	0	3	0	0	0	3
Student Counseling	0	0	0	3	0	3
Chemistry	0	3	0	0	0	3
Communication & Media Studies	0	2	0	0	0	2
Public Relations & Advertising	0	2	0	0	0	2
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	2	0	0	0	2
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	1	0	0	0	1
History	0	1	0	0	0	1
Data Analytics	0	1	0	0	0	1
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	0	1	0	1
Political Science & Government	0	1	0	0	0	1
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0	0	0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4	259	27	248	23	561

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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