Chestnut Hill College Overview

Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chestnut Hill College is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Philadelphia makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Chestnut Hill College Known For?

• CHC has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at CHC.
• In a recent academic period36% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from CHC with a bachelor's degree make about $52,015 a year. That's 27% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average CHC student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Chestnut Hill College?

Contact details for CHC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9601 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2693
Phone:	215-248-7000
Website:	www.chc.edu

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How Do I Get Into CHC?

You can apply to CHC online at: www.chc.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CHC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CHC?

With an acceptance rate of 98%, CHC is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford Chestnut Hill College?

The overall average net price of CHC is $42,750. 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 CHC, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $8,015 a year. That adds up to $32,060 over four years for those students.

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Chestnut Hill College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,074 undergraduate students at CHC, with 938 being full-time and 136 being part-time.

There are also 454 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at CHC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Chestnut Hill College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	273
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	359
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	152

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Chestnut Hill College. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 31 countries are represented at CHC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and Spain.

Chestnut Hill College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	4	64	15	83
Human Services	5	31	0	9	0	45
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	22	0	22	0	44
Business Administration & Management	0	23	0	12	0	35
Security Science and Technology	0	24	0	5	0	29
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	22	0	0	0	22
General Psychology	0	19	0	0	0	19
Special Education	0	3	0	15	0	18
General Biology	0	17	0	0	0	17
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	13	0	0	0	13
Accounting	0	7	0	0	0	7
Communication & Media Studies	0	7	0	0	0	7
Information Technology	0	7	0	0	0	7
Business/Corporate Communications	0	4	0	0	0	4
Chemistry	0	4	0	0	0	4
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	3	0	0	0	3
Human Development & Family Studies	0	3	0	0	0	3
History	0	3	0	0	0	3
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	3	0	0	0	3
International Studies	0	3	0	0	0	3
Political Science & Government	0	3	0	0	0	3
Human Resource Management	0	2	0	0	0	2
Marketing	0	2	0	0	0	2
Computer Information Systems	0	2	0	0	0	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	2	0	2
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	2	0	0	0	2
Educational Administration	0	0	0	1	0	1
General English Literature	0	1	0	0	0	1
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	1	0	0	0	1
Other Homeland Security	0	1	0	0	0	1
International Business	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics & Computer Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	232	4	130	15	386

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 Kiran under License

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