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?

• Chatham has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• Students at Chatham have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Chatham.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Chatham with a bachelor's degree make about $49,280 a year. That's 21% 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?

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

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	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Chatham?

With an acceptance rate of 73%, Chatham may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 25% of accepted students are men and 75% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 63%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Can I Afford Chatham University?

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 95% of students took out student loans averaging $8,978 a year. That adds up to $35,912 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Chatham is 0.6%. 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.

Chatham University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,456 undergraduate students at Chatham, with 1,155 being full-time and 301 being part-time.

There are also 983 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,155 full-time undergraduates at Chatham, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	40
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	891
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	68

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.

Online Learning at Chatham University

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at Chatham. In 2020-2021, 1,167 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 38th 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 Chatham

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Chatham University was 25.3%. This is the #961 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Chatham 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.