Catholic University of America Overview

Catholic University of America is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Washington, District of Columbia. Washington is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Catholic University of America Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at CUA is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at CUA is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 52% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from CUA makes roughly $76,452 a year. This is 87% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from CUA to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Catholic University of America?

Contact details for CUA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	620 Michigan Avenue, Ne, Washington, DC 20064
Phone:	202-319-5000
Website:	www.catholic.edu

How Do I Get Into CUA?

You can apply to CUA online at: https://www.catholic.edu/admission/apply-now.html

Admission Requirements for CUA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CUA?

With an acceptance rate of 86%, CUA is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Can I Afford Catholic University of America?

The overall average net price of CUA is $46,460. 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

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 CUA, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $8,941 a year. That adds up to $35,764 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CUA is 1.2%. 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.

Catholic University of America Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,929 undergraduate students at CUA, with 2,805 being full-time and 124 being part-time.

There are also 2,130 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,805 full-time undergraduates at CUA, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	77
Black or African American	102
Hispanic or Latino	425
White	1,915
International Students	88
Other Races/Ethnicities	198

Geographic Diversity

District of Columbia students aren't the only ones who study at Catholic University of America. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 75 countries are represented at CUA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and China.

Online Learning at Catholic University of America

In 2020-2021, 1,265 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 9th most popular in District of Columbia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of CUA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Catholic University of America was 209.0%. This is the #275 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CUA 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 Gryffindor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.