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Chatham University Overview

Chatham University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Chatham University Known For?

277 Undergraduate Awards
$33,781 Avg Cost After Aid
66% Acceptance Rate
  • Chatham has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Chatham.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Chatham with a bachelor's degree make about $52,410 a year. That's 28% more than those who graduate from other schools.
  • It takes the average Chatham student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Chatham University?

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Contact details for Chatham are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Woodland Road, Office Of Institutional Research, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Phone: 412-365-1292
Website: www.chatham.edu

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How Do I Get Into Chatham?

You can apply to Chatham online at: chatham.edu/admission-and-aid/next-steps/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Chatham

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Chatham?

66% Acceptance Rate
70% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores
Chatham has an acceptance rate of 66%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Chatham submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 510 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Chatham University  ( 550 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Chatham University  ( 510 to 620 )
200
800
Chatham received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 31. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 29.

ACT English Scores for Chatham University  ( 21 to 31 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Chatham University  ( 21 to 29 )
1
36

Can I Afford Chatham University?

$33,781 Net Price
91% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Chatham is $33,781. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Chatham, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $10,146 a year. That adds up to $40,584 over four years for those students.

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Chatham University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,071 Full-Time Undergraduates
71% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,358 undergraduate students at Chatham, with 1,071 being full-time and 287 being part-time.

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There are also 995 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,071 full-time undergraduates at Chatham, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 37
Black or African American 52
Hispanic or Latino 55
White 829
International Students 33
Other Races/Ethnicities 65

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Chatham University. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Chatham. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Canada.

Chatham University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 94 94
Nursing 16 8 65 89
General Psychology 35 18 9 62
General Biology 34 27 0 61
Allied Health Professions 0 44 0 44
Sustainability Science 24 15 0 39
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 39 0 39
Business Administration & Management 15 17 0 32
Interior Architecture 21 7 0 28
Writing Studies 5 21 0 26
Health & Physical Education 25 0 0 25
Communication & Media Studies 15 4 0 19
Natural Resources Conservation 13 0 0 13
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 11 0 11
International Agriculture 0 9 0 9
Other Statistics 8 0 0 8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 6 0 0 6
Arts & Media Management 6 0 0 6
Computer Information Systems 0 5 0 5
Graphic Communications 4 0 0 4
Criminology 4 0 0 4
Accounting 3 0 0 3
International Business 3 0 0 3
Management Information Systems 3 0 0 3
Teacher Education Grade Specific 3 0 0 3
General English Literature 3 0 0 3
Mathematics 3 0 0 3
International Studies 3 0 0 3
Economics 3 0 0 3
Political Science & Government 3 0 0 3
Fine & Studio Arts 3 0 0 3
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 2 0 2
Marketing 2 0 0 2
History 2 0 0 2
Public Policy 2 0 0 2
Social Work 2 0 0 2
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 2 0 2
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 1 0 0 1
Special Education 0 1 0 1
Ethnic Studies 1 0 0 1
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 1 0 0 1
Public Health 1 0 0 1
Liberal Arts General Studies 1 0 0 1
Chemistry 1 0 0 1
Design & Applied Arts 1 0 0 1
Music 1 0 0 1
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 0
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0
Cultural Studies & Analysis 0 0 0 0
Human Biology 0 0 0 0
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 277 230 168 675

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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