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?

• The student loan default rate at Carlow is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Carlow.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Carlow with a bachelor's degree make about $48,929 a year. That's 20% more than those who graduate from 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

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	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Carlow?

Since Carlow has an acceptance rate of 92%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 17% of accepted students are men and 83% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

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.

Carlow received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 21. Composite scores were between 21 and 24.

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 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 2.5%. 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.

Carlow University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,246 undergraduate students at Carlow, with 953 being full-time and 293 being part-time.

There are also 738 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 953 full-time undergraduates at Carlow, 16% are male and 84% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	46
Black or African American	136
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	687
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

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.

Online Learning at Carlow University

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 69 master’s degree programs available online at Carlow. In 2020-2021, 1,720 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Carlow has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 28th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Carlow

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Carlow University was 30.5%. This is the #872 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Carlow regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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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