Immaculata University Overview

Immaculata University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania. Immaculata is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Immaculata University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Immaculata since the student to facuty ratio is 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 Immaculata.
• In 2017-2018, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Immaculata bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $50,600 a year. That's about 24% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Immaculata student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Immaculata University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Immaculata.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#9	Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#108	Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Immaculata has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Highest Paid Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services Graduates	College Factual
#2	Highest Paid Master’s Degree Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Graduates	College Factual
#2	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	College Factual
#3	Highest Paid Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Graduates	College Factual
#206	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual
#248	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is Immaculata University?

Contact details for Immaculata are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1145 King Road, Immaculata, PA 19345
Phone:	610-647-4400
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Immaculata.University
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/immaculatau

How Do I Get Into Immaculata?

You can apply to Immaculata online at: www.immaculata.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for Immaculata

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Immaculata?

The acceptance rate at Immaculata University is 82%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 27% of accepted students are men and 73% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 66% of students accepted to Immaculata submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 570.

Immaculata received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Immaculata University?

The overall average net price of Immaculata is $39,470. 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 Immaculata, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $11,016 a year. That adds up to $44,064 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Immaculata is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Immaculata University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,614 undergraduate students at Immaculata, with 942 being full-time and 672 being part-time.

There are also 949 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 942 full-time undergraduates at Immaculata, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	120
Hispanic or Latino	102
White	659
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Immaculata University. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at Immaculata. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kenya, China, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Immaculata University

There are 5 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at Immaculata. In 2019-2020, 2,098 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 48th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Immaculata

The following table shows how Immaculata is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Homeland Security	#49	#49
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	#54	#39

Online Growth Rankings of Immaculata

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Immaculata University was 49.7%. This is the #672 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Immaculata regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Immaculata majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Allied Health Professions	30%
Computer & Information Sciences	20%
Human Resource Management	8%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Immaculata ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Immaculata.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	#21
Homeland Security	#34
Information Science	#35
Allied Health Professions	#58
Human Resource Management	#75
Educational Administration	#115
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#189
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#196
Liberal Arts General Studies	#196
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#226
Nursing	#229
Computer & Information Sciences	#231
Education	#364
Business Administration & Management	#426

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%.

Immaculata University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	69	2	17	0	88
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	4	59	16	79
Educational Administration	0	0	0	26	52	78
Business Administration & Management	3	28	0	9	0	40
Health & Physical Education	0	32	0	0	0	32
Allied Health Professions	0	20	0	0	0	20
Teacher Education Grade Specific	1	17	0	0	0	18
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	8	0	10	0	18
Human Resource Management	0	13	0	0	0	13
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	10	0	0	0	10
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	10	0	0	0	10
Accounting	0	9	0	0	0	9
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	9	0	0	0	9
General Psychology	0	9	0	0	0	9
Finance & Financial Management	0	8	0	0	0	8
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	5	0	2	0	7
General Biology	0	6	0	0	0	6
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	6	0	0	0	6
Marketing	0	5	0	0	0	5
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	0	5	0	0	0	5
Sociology	0	5	0	0	0	5
Information Technology	0	3	0	0	0	3
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	3	0	0	3
History	0	3	0	0	0	3
Homeland Security	0	3	0	0	0	3
International Relations & National Security	0	3	0	0	0	3
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	3	0	0	0	3
Management Information Systems	0	2	0	0	0	2
Chemistry	0	2	0	0	0	2
Computer Software & Applications	0	1	0	0	0	1
Information Science	1	0	0	0	0	1
General English Literature	0	1	0	0	0	1
Music	0	1	0	0	0	1
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biopsychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics & Computer Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	296	9	123	68	501

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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.