DeSales University Overview

Located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, DeSales University is a private not-for-profit institution. Center Valley is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is DeSales University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at DeSales.
• In a recent academic period38% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from DeSales with a bachelor's degree make about $61,295 a year. That's 50% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is DeSales University?

Contact details for DeSales are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley, PA 18034-9568
Phone:	610-282-1100
Website:	www.desales.edu

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How Do I Get Into DeSales?

You can apply to DeSales online at: www.desales.edu/admissions-financial-aid/undergraduate-admissions-aid/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for DeSales

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into DeSales?

With an acceptance rate of 77%, DeSales 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 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to DeSales submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 640.

DeSales received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 31. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford DeSales University?

The overall average net price of DeSales is $41,033. 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 DeSales, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $10,394 a year. That adds up to $41,576 over four years for those students.

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DeSales University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,398 undergraduate students at DeSales, with 1,930 being full-time and 468 being part-time.

There are also 904 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,930 full-time undergraduates at DeSales, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	73
Black or African American	105
Hispanic or Latino	212
White	1,391
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	148

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at DeSales University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at DeSales. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Australia, and France.

DeSales University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	110	1	50	0	161
Business Administration & Management	2	42	0	85	0	129
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	73	0	73
General Biology	0	55	0	0	0	55
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	30	0	24	0	54
Other Health Professions	0	37	0	0	0	37
General Psychology	0	37	0	0	0	37
Drama & Theater Arts	0	32	0	0	0	32
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	27	0	0	0	27
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	27	27
Health & Physical Education	0	27	0	0	0	27
Finance & Financial Management	3	23	0	0	0	26
Marketing	0	26	0	0	0	26
Accounting	0	25	0	0	0	25
Special Education	0	0	0	20	0	20
Other Education	0	0	0	19	0	19
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	18	0	0	0	18
Dance	0	13	0	0	0	13
Homeland Security	0	11	0	1	0	12
Computer Information Systems	0	10	1	0	0	11
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	11	0	0	0	11
Human Resource Management	1	7	0	0	0	8
Educational Administration	0	0	0	8	0	8
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	7	0	0	0	7
Political Science & Government	0	7	0	0	0	7
Theological & Ministerial Studies	1	6	0	0	0	7
Mathematics	0	6	0	0	0	6
Management Information Systems	1	3	0	0	0	4
Communication & Media Studies	0	4	0	0	0	4
General English Literature	0	4	0	0	0	4
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	4	0	0	0	4
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	3	0	0	0	3
Information Science	0	0	0	3	0	3
Writing Studies	0	0	0	3	0	3
History	0	3	0	0	0	3
Security Science and Technology	0	0	3	0	0	3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	2	0	0	0	2
General Business/Commerce	2	0	0	0	0	2
International Business	0	2	0	0	0	2
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	2	0	2
Chemistry	0	2	0	0	0	2
Economics	0	2	0	0	0	2
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	1	0	1
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	10	596	5	289	27	927

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

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